apron string イディオム
tied to your mother's apron strings
tied to one's mother's apron strings
Idiom(s): tied to one's mother's apron stringsTheme: CONTROL
dominated by one's mother; dependent on one's mother.
• Tom is still tied to his mother's apron strings.
• Isn't he a little old to be tied to his mother's apron strings?
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A man who is tied to a woman's apron strings is excessively dependent on her, especially when it is his mother's apron strings.tied to his mother's apron strings
someone (normally a man) who does what his mother tells him: "He didn't want to come out last weekend, because his mother disapproves of us. He's really tied to her apron strings!"tied to one's mother's apron strings|apron|apron s
Not independent of your mother; not able to do anything without asking your mother. Even after he grew up he was still tied to his mother's apron strings.apron string
apron stringtied to one's mother's (or wife's, etc.) apron strings
dominated by one's mother (or wife, etc.)
tied to apron strings
tied to apron stringsWholly dependent on or controlled by a woman, especially one's mother or wife. For example, At 25, he was still too tied to her apron strings to get an apartment of his own. This expression, dating from the early 1800s, probably alluded to apron-string tenure, a 17th-century law that allowed a husband to control his wife's and her family's property during her lifetime.
apron string
figurative That which binds a woman to her bedmate or child. The byword acceptable alludes to "apron-string tenure," a 17th aeon law by which a bedmate could ascendancy his wife's acreage (and her family's) during her lifetime. Often acclimated in the byword "tied to (one's) accessory string(s)." I can't accept how abundant Michael is angry to his mother's accessory string! That's the alone account for him still active at home at age 40!Learn more: apron, string
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