单词 | apron strings |
释义 | apron stringsphrase See full dictionary entry for apronIf you say that someone is tied to another person's apron strings, you mean that they are controlled or influenced too much by the other person. If you keep him tethered to your apron strings, there will almost certainly be arow. apron stringsthe feelings that keep you dependent on your mother after the age when you should be independent At 21, I just had to get away, to cut those apron strings. the control that one country or institution has over another even though it should be independent An independent board to loosen the apron strings between politicians and the NHSwas proposed as a solution to NHS ills. |
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