English Dictionary

leave the nest

動詞

To leave home; To stop living with one's parents. / To become independent; To begin to act without supervision or in ways that are not prescribed.

日本語の意味

家を離れる、親元を離れて暮らし始める / 自立する、独立して自分で行動する

At twenty-two, she decided it was time to leave the nest and start her own life.

22歳で、彼女は家を出て自分の人生を始めることにした。

意味（1）

To leave home; To stop living with one's parents.

At about the time that the last child is leaving the nest, elderly parents move to a point of needing assistance in their lives.

意味（2）

To become independent; To begin to act without supervision or in ways that are not prescribed.

He taught, seasoned, encouraged, and broadened all of us while we were his students, and he supported us greatly after we had left the nest.

意味（3）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see leave, nest.

Checking nests keeps the adult birds away from the nest, exposing the eggs and chicks to cold or heat, and can cause large chicks to leave the nest prematurely.

leaves the nest （ present singular third-person ）

leaving the nest （ participle present ）

left the nest （ participle past ）

left the nest （ past ）