某人的影響(或控制)
(tied to) sb's apron strings
(過分受)某人的影響(或控制)
(too much under) the influence and control of sb
The British prime minister is too apt to cling to Washington's apron strings.英國首相對華府過於唯命是從。
釋義來自《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》第 9 版