hang on (one's) sleeve

To be totally reliant on someone else. You're 30 years old, so stop hanging on your mother's sleeve and get a job already! I know my kids are too young to be self-sufficient, but sometimes I just need a night without anyone hanging on my sleeve.

词组	hang on (one's) sleeve
释义	hang on (one's) sleeve hang on (one's) sleeve To be totally reliant on someone else. You're 30 years old, so stop hanging on your mother's sleeve and get a job already! I know my kids are too young to be self-sufficient, but sometimes I just need a night without anyone hanging on my sleeve. See also: hang, on, sleeve Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: laugh up (one's) sleeve laugh up one's sleeve laugh up sleeve laugh up your sleeve lank sleeve son hinge hinge (up)on (someone or something) hinge on every mother's son
随便看	put in mind put in mind of put in mothballs put in (one's) tuppence (worth) put in one's two cents put in (one's) two cents put in (one's) two cents' worth put in (one's) twopence (worth) put in (one's) two pennies (worth) put in (one's) two penn'orth put in (one's) two pennyworth put in order put in place put in print put in quotes put in service put in some place put in (some time) on (something) put in the nips put in the way of put into put into effect put into order put into power put into practice