clinging vine

noun Informal.

a person who behaves in a helpless and dependent manner in relationships with others.

Origin of clinging vine

An Americanism dating back to 1960–65

Words nearby clinging vine

clindamycin, cline, cling, clingfilm, clingfish, clinging vine, Clingmans Dome, cling peach, clingstone, clingy, clinic

Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for clinging vine

A man instinctively is drawn to the clinging-vine type of female.
Cobb's Bill-of-Fare|Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
That little subdued, clinging-vine air she has 191 is most appealing to his type.
Penny of Top Hill Trail|Belle Kanaris Maniates
We used that word at Gresham to describe the girls who have a leaning, clinging-vine way of flopping on you.
Back at School with the Tucker Twins|Nell Speed
They are a wonderfully level-headed group, these telephone girls, wonderfully unlike their clinging-vine Victorian grandmothers.
The Book of Business Etiquette|Nella Henney

She looked as if she could be very intense, though she was of that clinging-vine variety of young woman.
Nothing But the Truth|Frederic S. Isham

British Dictionary definitions for clinging vine

clinging vine

noun

US and Canadian informal a woman who displays excessive emotional dependence on a man

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with clinging vine

clinging vine

An overly dependent person, as in A clinging vine since her marriage, she's never made a decision on her own. Nearly always applied to a woman (or wife), this metaphor for a climbing plant today criticizes dependency rather than, as in former times, praising the vine's fruitfulness.

单词	clinging vine
释义	clinging vine noun Informal. a person who behaves in a helpless and dependent manner in relationships with others. Origin of clinging vine An Americanism dating back to 1960–65 Words nearby clinging vine clindamycin, cline, cling, clingfilm, clingfish, clinging vine, Clingmans Dome, cling peach, clingstone, clingy, clinic Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for clinging vine A man instinctively is drawn to the clinging-vine type of female. Cobb's Bill-of-Fare\|Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb That little subdued, clinging-vine air she has 191 is most appealing to his type. Penny of Top Hill Trail\|Belle Kanaris Maniates We used that word at Gresham to describe the girls who have a leaning, clinging-vine way of flopping on you. Back at School with the Tucker Twins\|Nell Speed They are a wonderfully level-headed group, these telephone girls, wonderfully unlike their clinging-vine Victorian grandmothers. The Book of Business Etiquette\|Nella Henney She looked as if she could be very intense, though she was of that clinging-vine variety of young woman. Nothing But the Truth\|Frederic S. Isham British Dictionary definitions for clinging vine clinging vine noun US and Canadian informal a woman who displays excessive emotional dependence on a man Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with clinging vine clinging vine An overly dependent person, as in A clinging vine since her marriage, she's never made a decision on her own. Nearly always applied to a woman (or wife), this metaphor for a climbing plant today criticizes dependency rather than, as in former times, praising the vine's fruitfulness. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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