apron string

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

名詞

慣用表現

One of the pair of strings or narrow sewn clothstrips used to fasten an apron around the wearer's waist.

日本語の意味

エプロンを締めるためのひも、または腰に巻くエプロンを固定するための狭い布の帯

英語の意味

One of the pair of strings or narrow sewn clothstrips used to fasten an apron around the wearer's waist.

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She tied the apron string tightly around her waist before entering the kitchen.

彼女は台所に入る前にエプロンのひもを腰にしっかり結んだ。

詳細

意味（1）

One of the pair of strings or narrow sewn clothstrips used to fasten an apron around the wearer's waist.

意味（2）

(idiomatic, usually pluralized) A symbol of the domestic ties binding a male to a female (as a husband to a wife or a son to a mother).

[T]he opinion of the country was that my lord was tied to his wife's apron-strings, and that she ruled over him.

詳細

apron strings （ plural ）