pod pantoflem

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pot pantoflɛm]

Adverb

pod pantoflem

  1. henpecked

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)

  1. (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

pod pantoflem

  1. (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.
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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]