"Live under the cat's foot" nghĩa là gì?

"Live under the cat's foot" = sống dưới chân mèo -> nghĩa là bị chi phối/lấn át bởi ai (thường là bởi vợ).

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In this particular case, the woman in question grew up with a controlling mother who was domineering, and a father who went to work and came home to live under the cat's foot. 

“I don’t play often enough at home; as a matter of fact, I’ve lived under the cat's foot to do that,” Travers told The Daily Times this week, pausing to shout into the background: “Hey! Nag me! I gotta play!”

"I always made up an excuse to the point where it was like, I'm too busy. How can I get away to do this? There's no way I can be away for X-amount of period of time to partake in this. Finally, after many years of living under the cat's foot, we decided at the 11th hour we were going to fill in the application. Just a few days later, we were on vacation in Cape Breton and got a call."

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