| 释义 |
tied to your mother's/wife's apron strings
tied to your mother's/wife's apron strings DISAPPROVING
► F0 If you say that someone, especially a man, is tied to his mother's/wife's apron strings, it means that he is strongly influenced and controlled by that person: » George never comes out with the rest of us - he's tied to his wife's apron strings.Thesaurus+: ↑Obedient and compliant , ↑Obeying and breaking the law |