TIED TO ONE'S MOTHER'S APRON STRINGS

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

Not independent of your mother; not able to do anything without asking your mother. * /Even after he grew up he was still tied to his mother's apron strings./

Slang English vocab. Английский сленговый словарь. 2012

TIED TO ONE'S MOTHER'S APRON STRINGS — Not independent of your mother; not able to do anything without asking your mother. * /Even after he grew up …
Словарь английских идиом
TIED TO ONE'S MOTHER'S APRON STRINGS — Not independent of your mother; not able to do anything without asking your mother. Even after he grew up he …
American Idioms English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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
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
TIED — (imp. & p. p.) of Tie
Английский словарь Webster
APRON — (n.) Something which by its shape or use suggests an apron;
Английский словарь Webster
TIED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Tie
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
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
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
TIED — adj. fastened; bound
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
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
TIED — impf & ·p.p. of tie.
Webster English vocab
MOTHER — noun an old woman or matron. 2. mother ·noun hysterical passion; hysteria. 3. mother ·vi to become like, or full …
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
TIED — ■ adjective 1》 Brit. (of accommodation) occupied subject to the tenant's working for its owner. ↘(of a pub) owned and …
Concise Oxford English vocab
STRINGS — the stringed instruments in an orchestra. → string
Concise Oxford English vocab
MOTHER
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
APRON — apron BrE AmE ˈeɪp r ə n - ə rn ▷ apron|ed d ▷ apron|ing ɪŋ ▷ apron|s z ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TIED — / taɪd; NAmE / adjective [ only before noun ] ( BrE ) ( of a house ) rented to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE
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
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
APRON — a ‧ pron /ˈeɪprən/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: a napron , mistaken for an apron …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TIED — adj. Brit. 1 (of a house) occupied subject to the tenant's working for its owner. 2 (of a public house …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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
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
TIED — adj. Brit. 1 (of a house) occupied subject to the tenant's working for its owner. 2 (of a public house …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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
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
TIED — adj. Brit. 1. (of a house) occupied subject to the tenant's working for its owner. 2 (of a public house …
Oxford English vocab
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
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
TIED — 1. A tied cottage or house belongs to a farmer or other employer and is rented to someone who works …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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
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
TIED — 1. A ~ cottage or house belongs to a farmer or other employer and is rented to someone who works …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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
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
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
TIED — Synonyms and related words : affiliate, affiliated, aground, alike, allied, anchored, assembled, associate, associated, at par, au pair, banded together, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
STRINGS — Synonyms and related words : Byzantine intrigues, German band, Philharmonic, backstairs influence, band, big band, brass, brass band, brass choir, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MOTHER — MOTHER, or THE MOTHER. A bawd. Mother abbess: the same. Mother midnight; a midwife. Mother in law's bit; a small …
Slang English vocab
STRINGS — n. Function: noun plural Synonyms: CONDITION 1, provision, proviso, reservation, stipulation, terms
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
STRINGS — noun plural Synonyms: condition 1, provision, proviso, reservation, stipulation, terms
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
TIED — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition

Slang English vocab

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