pod pantoflem
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pot pantoflɛm]
Adverb
See also
Polish
Etymology
Literally, “under the slipper”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔt‿panˈtɔ.flɛm/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɔflɛm
- Syllabification: pod‿pan‧to‧flem
Adverb
pod pantoflem (not comparable)
- (idiomatic, postpositive) henpecked, pussywhipped, under one's thumb (completely controlled by a close relative, especially one's wife; at this person's command)
- Synonyms: pod batem, pod butem, pod knutem
- Mikołaj siedzi u swojej żony pod pantoflem. ― Mikołaj is henpecked.
Preposition
- (idiomatic) under one's thumb (used to indicate a woman, usually one's or someone else's wife, who controls the man in question) [with genitive ‘whose’]
- Synonyms: pod batem, pod butem, pod knutem
- Nie przeszkadza mu, że jest pod jej pantoflem, przynajmniej nie musi sam załatwiać żadnych spraw, bo jego żona robi wszystko za niego, i to o wiele lepiej.
- He doesn't mind being under her thumb, at least he doesn't have to take care of things himself, because his wife does everything for him, and much better.
Related terms
adjectives
- pantofelkowy
- pantoflarski
- pantoflowy
nouns
- pantofel
- pantofelek
- pantofelnik
- pantoflarstwo
- pantoflarz
- pantoflik
- pantoflisko
Further reading
- pod pantoflem I in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pod pantoflem II in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pod pantoflem in the Korpus Języka Polskiego PWN [PWN Corpus of the Polish Language]