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tied to your mother's/wife's apron strings idiom old-fashioneddisapproving If you say that someone, especially a man, is tied to his mother's/wife's apron strings, it means that he is strongly influenced and controlled by that person.受母亲/老婆的管束 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Obedient and compliant accordance acquiescent acquiescently adherence compliantly do as someone is told dutiful dutifully easy follower pliable pursuant ruly sheep sheeple slavish someone's answer to someone/somethingidiom truckle what/whatever someone says goesidiom yielding
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