CLING TO ONE'S MOTHER'S APRON STRINGS

Meaning of CLING TO ONE'S MOTHER'S APRON STRINGS in English

See: TIED TO ONE'S MOTHER'S APRON STRINGS.

Dictionary of English idioms . Словарь английских идиом. 2012

CLING TO ONE'S MOTHER'S APRON STRINGS — See: TIED TO ONE'S MOTHER'S APRON STRINGS.
Slang English vocab
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CLING — adherer a, acrocar se a, collar se a
English interlingue dictionary
CLING — taput
English-Visayan vocabulary
CLING — I. intransitive verb (clung; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ~an; akin to Old High German klunga tangled ball …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MOTHER — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Great Mother of the Gods Mother Jones Mother Goose Mother Lode Country Mother's Day …
Английский словарь Британика
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOTHER
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLING — I. ˈkliŋ verb ( clung ˈkləŋ ; also now dialect clang ˈklaŋ, -aiŋ ; clung ; clinging ; clings ) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
APRON — I. ˈāprən, less often in stand than in substand speech -pə(r) n noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STRINGS — plural of string present third singular of string
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLING — (n.) Adherence; attachment; devotion.
Английский словарь Webster
APRON — (n.) Something which by its shape or use suggests an apron;
Английский словарь Webster
APRON — ( n. ) Something which by its shape or use suggests an apron;
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MOTHER
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CLING — cling 1 — clinger , n. — clingingly , adv. — clingingness , n. /kling/ , v. , clung, clinging …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
APRON — — apronlike , adj. /ay"preuhn/ , n. 1. a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MOTHER
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
APRON — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, alteration (resulting from false division of a napron ) of napron, from Middle …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MOTHER — noun an old woman or matron. 2. mother ·noun hysterical passion; hysteria. 3. mother ·vi to become like, or full …
Webster English vocab
CLING — vt to make to dry up or wither. 2. cling ·noun adherence; attachment; devotion. 3. cling ·vt to cause to …
Webster English vocab
APRON — noun the infolded abdomen of a crab. 2. apron ·noun a leaden plate that covers the vent of a cannon. …
Webster English vocab
STRINGS — the stringed instruments in an orchestra. → string
Concise Oxford English vocab
MOTHER
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CLING — [cling] vi clung ; cling.ing [ME, fr. OE clingan; akin to OHG klunga tangled ball of thread] (bef. 12c) 1 …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
APRON — [apron] n, often attrib [ME, alter. (resulting fr. false division of a napron) of napron, fr. MF naperon, dim. of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MOTHER — mother, M~ BrE AmE ˈmʌð ə AmE - ə r ▷ mother|ed d ▷ mothering ˈmʌð ə r‿ɪŋ ▷ mother|s …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CLING — cling BrE AmE klɪŋ ▷ clinging ˈklɪŋ ɪŋ ▷ clings klɪŋz ▷ clung klʌŋ
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
APRON — apron BrE AmE ˈeɪp r ə n - ə rn ▷ apron|ed d ▷ apron|ing ɪŋ ▷ apron|s z ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOTHER — / ˈmʌðə(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a female parent of a child or animal; a person …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLING — / klɪŋ; NAmE / verb ( clung , clung / klʌŋ; NAmE /) [ v ] 1. cling (on) to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
APRON — / ˈeɪprən; NAmE / noun 1. a piece of clothing worn over the front of the body, from the chest …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MOTHER
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CLING — cling /klɪŋ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle clung /klʌŋ/) [intransitive] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
APRON — a ‧ pron /ˈeɪprən/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: a napron , mistaken for an apron …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MOTHER — n. & v. --n. 1 a a woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CLING — v. & n. --v.intr. (past and past part. clung) 1 (foll. by to) adhere, stick, or hold on (by means …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
APRON — n. 1 a a garment covering and protecting the front of a person's clothes, either from chest or waist level, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MOTHER — n. & v. n. 1 a a woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CLING — v. & n. v.intr. (past and past part. clung) 1 (foll. by to) adhere, stick, or hold on (by means …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
APRON — n. 1 a a garment covering and protecting the front of a person's clothes, either from chest or waist level, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
MOTHER — n. & v. --n. 1. a a woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given …
Oxford English vocab
CLING — v. & n. --v.intr. (past and past part. clung) 1. (foll. by to) adhere, stick, or hold on (by means …
Oxford English vocab
APRON — n.1 a a garment covering and protecting the front of a person's clothes, either from chest or waist level, and …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOTHER — ( mothers, mothering, mothered) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Your mother …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLING — ( clings, clinging, clung) 1. If you cling to someone or something, you hold onto them tightly. Another man was …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
APRON — ( aprons) An apron is a piece of clothing that you put on over the front of your normal clothes …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MOTHER — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a proud mother/father/parent ▪ Mark is the proud father of a three-week-old baby boy. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CLING — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES cling to life (= try to stay alive, even though you are very ill or …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
APRON — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE white ▪ One of the cooks came in, judging by the white apron . …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MOTHER — (PARENT) [noun] [C] - a female parentMy mother was 21 when she had (= gave birth to) me.All the mothers …
Cambridge English vocab
CLING — (HOLD) [verb] [I] [past:] clung - to hold tightly or to stick ; to refuse to stop holdingThey clung together …
Cambridge English vocab
APRON — (CLOTHING) [noun] [C] - a piece of clothing which is worn over the front of other clothes to keep them …
Cambridge English vocab
MOTHER — n. Mother Cabrini Great Mother of the Gods Mother Jones Mother Goose Mother Lode Country Mother's Day and Father's Day …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
STRINGS — Synonyms and related words : Byzantine intrigues, German band, Philharmonic, backstairs influence, band, big band, brass, brass band, brass choir, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary

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