Meaning
言いなり (いいなり, iinari) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “doing as one is told”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 10
彼はボスの言いなりだ
He is the boss's yes-man.
彼は妻の言いなりだ。
He does just as his wife says.
彼女は彼の言いなりです。
He has her under his thumb.
私は私の妻の言いなりです。
I am at my wife's beck and call.
彼は細君の言いなり次第だ.
He is tied to his wife's apron strings.
だれが彼の言いなりになるもんか.
I'll be [I'm] hanged if I obey him.
彼は彼女の言いなりになっています。
She has him wrapped around her finger.
彼はすべて妻の言いなりになっている。
He echoes his wife in everything.
彼は簡単に人の言いなりになるような男ではない。
He is not the sort of guy who gives in easily.
彼の言いなりになるくらいなら、独りで暮らした方がましだ。
I would rather live by myself than do what he tells me to do.