sous la férule de
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /su la fe.ʁyl də/
Prepositional phrase
- under the control or authority of (someone)
- 1978, Les problèmes des couples mariés dans La Comédie humaine d'Honoré de Balzac, page 39:
- Dans Une fille d’Ève, Balzac nous explique pourquoi M. de Granville s’occupe seulement de l’éducation de ses fils et laisse ses deux filles sous la férule de sa femme dévote […]
- In A Daughter of Eve, Balzac explains to us why Mr. de Granville concerns himself only with the education of his sons and leaves his two daughters in the care of his devout wife […]
See also
- sous la houlette de
- sous la coupe de
Further reading
- “férule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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