apron strings
Example Sentences
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How do I manage my mother’s anxieties while disentangling myself from her apron strings?
From Slate ● Dec. 2, 2019
It was this parent-child relationship, and I think people were just terrified of the apron strings being cut off.
From BBC ● May 23, 2018
She tightened her apron strings and walked over to her stove.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2016
Others are finding themselves tied up in apron strings all over again.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2013
This time as she came away, she absently untied and re-tied her apron strings, taking up what little slack her enormous waistline allowed.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
