| 单词 | to cut the umbilical cord |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto cut the umbilical cord to cut the cord [with allusion to the severing of the umbilical cord at birth] : to cease to rely on someone or something for protection or support, and begin to act independently; (also) to cease to provide protection or support to someone or something. Also to cut the umbilical cord. ΚΠ 1950 J. Gunther Roosevelt in Retrospect ix. 166 Step by step, little by little, FDR became free [of his mother's influence]. In a sense it was the paralysis that cut the cord. 1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 1 Jan. a4 I left the Navy, ‘cut the cord’, and started over when I came here. 1981 L. Van Witsen Costuming Opera ii. 21 Albert Herring has a serious undercurrent, dealing as it does with the emancipation of a henpecked young man who unwittingly succeeds in ‘cutting the umbilical cord’. 2004 Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake City) (Nexis) 13 May When my eldest son married, I knew it was time to cut the cord. 2013 E. Huang Fresh off Boat xiii. 203 You can't idolize and emulate forever. At some point, you gotta cut the cord. < as lemmas |
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