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- be tied to mother's apron strings
be tied to mother's apron strings
be tied to your mother's apron strings
if someone, usually a man, is tied to their mother's apron strings, they still need their mother and cannot think or act independently He's 30 but he's still tied to his mother's apron strings.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Linette | | li-NET | English |
Veselko | | - | Croatian, Serbian |
Tatum | | ['teitəm] | |
Roderic | | - | Catalan |
Spartak | | - | Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Albanian, Armenian, Georgian |
Katinka | | kah-TING-kah (German) | German, Dutch |