Vocabulary

頭が上がらない

to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with

expression i-adjective

Example sentences

He is no match for his wife.

I am tied to my mother's apron strings.

I can't hold up my head before him.

I have a great esteem for you.

I feel morally indebted to her.