The Existing Situation of Street Children in Mekelle City, Ethiopia. Causes, Consequences and Possible Solutions

He keeps all the younger children under his thumb./ /The mayor is so popular that he has the whole town under his thumb./ Compare: JUMP THROUGH THE HOOP. [under ones wing]{adv. phr.} Under the care or protection of. /Helen took the new puppy under her wing./ /The boys stopped teasing the new student when Bill took him under his wing./ Compare: IN TOW. [under orders]{adv. phr.} Not out of ones own desire or ones own free will; obligatorily; not freely. /"So you were a Nazi prison guard? " the judge asked. "Yes, your Honor," the man answered, "but I was acting under orders and not because I wished to harm anyone."/ [under pain of] See: ON PAIN OF also UNDER PAIN OF. [under protest]{adv. phr.} Against ones wish; unwillingly. /"Ill go with you all right," she said to the kidnapper, "but I want it clearly understood that I do so under protest."/ [understand] See: GIVE ONE TO UNDERSTAND. [under the circumstances] also [in the circumstances] {adv. phr.} In the existing situation; in the present condition; as things are. ...»