mummy

mummy's boy

A boy or man who is particularly close with his mother to the point of being overly dependent on her. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Lynn dumped Mark because he was such a mummy's boy and always ran to her to fix his problems.
See also: boy
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

a ˈmummy’s/ˈmother’s boy

(British English) (American English a ˈmama’s boy) (disapproving) a boy or man who is thought to be too weak because he is influenced and controlled by his mother: He’s a bit of a mummy’s boy really. He ought to leave home and become a bit more independent. She always makes sure he wears a scarf — he’s a real mother’s boy.
See also: boy
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • a mummy's/mother's boy
  • be tight-arsed
  • don't get your panties in a bunch
  • panties
  • pixel peeper
  • pixel peeping
  • get carried away with (someone or something)
  • nit-picker
  • pickers
References in periodicals archive
Koren--and John Richard Stephens's anthology Into the Mummy Tomb (2001), which reprints Alcott's "Lost into the Pyramid, or The Mummy's Curse," which has "been out of print for over one hundred years" (39).
He was called "the brave", as archaeologists believe he had died in battle from the signs of the wounds present in the mummy.
We have technology now that, from a little hair sample of a mummy that is 3,000 years old, we can tell what that mummy had for its last meal.
Pottery, papyri and colorful mummy cases were also unearthed.
It's often progress simply to reveal an individual's origin, sex, and age--not always as obvious from the physical examination of a mummy as you'd expect.
To learn the mummy's identity, scientists removed one of its teeth and tried to test its DNA, something that had never been done on a mummy.
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According to the researchers, Maria came embalmed in a cadmium chloride white powder, whose anti-bacterial properties helped preserve the mummy in a near-perfect state for so many years.
The analysis will take only 70 seconds: the mummy will be passed through the magnetic resonance imaging.
There is also the other type of mummy, in a tomb, to which the child responds: "That's a mummy...
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"Most people don't realise you can learn about modern medicine from ancient mummies," said Frank Ruehli, head of the Swiss Mummy Project at the University of Zurich in Switzerland, who is studying the internal organs of Iranian and Egyptian mummies.
His film version of The Mummy saw him back from the dead as Imhotep and stalking a woman he was convinced was the reincarnation of his old lover.
TOM CRUISE'S new movie The Mummy is offering a fresh look at the classic horror tale, but in 1932 it was Boris Karloff causing the screaming.
Photographers take photos of a mummy dating back to an ancient Yemen era displayed at a museum at Sanaa University