apron strings

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Men who couldn’t, or worse, didn’t want to, were portrayed as marionettes tied to and practically strangled by their mothers’ apron strings.

From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2024

Brunger, Cleary and Kavanaugh created a musical during the pandemic that sought to ride the apron strings of a beloved baking competition with global reach.

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2023

How do I manage my mother’s anxieties while disentangling myself from her apron strings?

From Slate • Dec. 2, 2019

And while many still refer to it fondly as the Liverpool Daily Post, the newspaper has long cut the apron strings that tethered it to the Merseyside parent.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2013

He staggered over to Travis and jerked hard on his apron strings, untying them.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner