apron strings
Example Sentences
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This cutting of the apron strings sometimes comes early: Certain seal moms spend as little as three days nursing their pups before ducking beneath the chilly ocean waves, never to return.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2021
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
A large woman, barely done tying her apron strings, goes running to the cabin John and Ann Laydon share with two other families.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
