Idiom
apron string
Meaning
A symbol of the domestic ties binding a male to a female (as a husband to a wife or a son to a mother).
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He is still tied to his mother's apron strings.”
“At thirty, he finally moved out to stop living under his mother's apron strings.”
“Despite his professional success, he remained emotionally tethered to his wife's apron strings, unable to make even minor decisions without her approval.”
Examples
simple
“He is still tied to his mother's apron strings.”
contextual
“At thirty, he finally moved out to stop living under his mother's apron strings.”
complex
“Despite his professional success, he remained emotionally tethered to his wife's apron strings, unable to make even minor decisions without her approval.”
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