tied to apron strings Idiom, Proverb
tied to apron strings
tied to apron strings Wholly dependent on or controlled by a woman, especially one's mother or wife. For example,
At 25, he was still too tied to her apron strings to get an apartment of his own. This expression, dating from the early 1800s, probably alluded to
apron-string tenure, a 17th-century law that allowed a husband to control his wife's and her family's property during her lifetime.
tied to (one's) accessory strings
Controlled or bedeviled by one. Used abnormally in advertence to a man controlled by a woman. I'm afraid that my bedmate will always be angry to his mother's accessory strings—he's a developed man but still does every little affair she asks! Can you accomplish a accommodation on your own, or are you angry to her accessory strings?Learn more: apron, string, tietied to accessory strings
Wholly abased on or controlled by a woman, abnormally one's mother or wife. For example, At 25, he was still too angry to her accessory strings to get an accommodation of his own. This expression, dating from the aboriginal 1800s, apparently alluded to apron-string tenure, a 17th-century law that accustomed a bedmate to ascendancy his wife's and her family's acreage during her lifetime. Learn more: apron, string, tieapron strings, angry to (someone's)
Under someone’s influence. Like actuality beneath someone’s thumb, the appellation denotes actuality absolutely disqualified by another, in this case usually a macho actuality disqualified by a woman (the acceptable wearer of aprons). It apparently was already a cliché by the time Thomas Babington Macaulay wrote (1849) of William of Orange, “He could not abide to be angry to the accessory strings of alike the best of wives.” Indeed, two hundred years beforehand England had a law alleged apron-string tenure, whereby a bedmate could authority appellation to acreage anesthetized on by his wife’s ancestors alone while his wife was alive.Learn more: apron, tie
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