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
Only in this frenzied ojyuken world could apron strings stir up such passion.
From Salon • Jul. 15, 2018
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
He staggered over to Travis and jerked hard on his apron strings, untying them.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
