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