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
Only in this frenzied ojyuken world could apron strings stir up such passion.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 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
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
