دم کسی رو قیچی کردن اصطلاحی داره به انگلیسی؟؟

Question

مثلا بخوایم بگیم اگه از روز اول دمشو قیچی می کردی انقد پررو نمی شد...

Answer 1

To keep somebody in his/her place.

To not let somebody go too far.

Answer 2

If you had put him in his place from day one, he would not be behaving impudently now.