英语词汇“tied to your mother's/wife's apron strings”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

tied to your mother's/wife's apron strings

old-fashioned disapproving

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.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Obedient and compliant

accordance
acquiescent
adherence
answer to sb
be (like) sheep idiom
clean
clean up your act idiom
compliant
creature
dutiful
easy
follower
I'm easy idiom
obedience
sheep
slavish
slavishly
subservient
tie
tractable

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单词	tied to your mother's/wife's apron strings
释义	English tied to your mother's/wife's apron strings old-fashioned disapproving 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. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words Obedient and compliant accordance acquiescent adherence answer to sb be (like) sheep idiom clean *clean up your* act idiom compliant creature dutiful easy follower I'm easy idiom obedience sheep slavish slavishly subservient tie tractable See more results »**
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