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
He tells me the scarification symbolises the purging of their mothers' blood and the gaining of their own adult blood - in a somewhat excruciating metaphorical severing of the apron strings.
From BBC • Aug. 25, 2018
If you’re trying to cut the apron strings, why work with your mother?
From Washington Post • Aug. 31, 2017
She tightened her apron strings and walked over to her stove.
From New York Times • May 2, 2016
He staggered over to Travis and jerked hard on his apron strings, untying them.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
