tied to his mother's apron strings イディオム
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) accessory strings
Controlled or bedeviled by one. Used abnormally in advertence to a man controlled by a woman. I'm afraid that my bedmate will always be angry to his mother's accessory strings—he's a developed man but still does every little affair she asks! Can you accomplish a accommodation on your own, or are you angry to her accessory strings?Learn more: apron, string, tietied to his mother's accessory strings
Momma's boy. An developed macho acutely absorbed to his mother, dating from the era back mothers (and added homemakers and housekeepers) wore aprons.Learn more: apron, string, tie