Dictionary English → German: to be tied to one's mother's apron string

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	English	German
	idiom to be tied to one's mother's apron-string	der Mutter am Schürzenzipfel hängen
	idiom to be tied to (one's) mother's apron strings	an Mutters Rockzipfel hängen
	idiom to be tied to (one's) mother's apron strings	der Mutter am Rockzipfel hängen
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	idiom to be tied to mother's apron strings	am Rockzipfel der Mutter hängen
	idiom to have more than one string to one's bow	mehrere Eisen im Feuer haben
	to seek one's mother's breast	nach der Brust verlangen
	to have been dropped on one's head by one's mother `[fig.]`	als Kind zu heiß gebadet worden sein `[fig.]`
	idiom to have one's tongue tied in a knot	einen Knoten in der Zunge haben
	to be a scorn to one's comrades	das Gespött der Kameraden sein
	to be able to get one's arms around sth.	mit den Armen um etw. herumkommen
	to be able to hold one's drink	trinkfest sein
	to be able to state one's position	seine Position darlegen können
	to be adequate to one's post	einer Stellung gewachsen sein
	idiom to be called (home) to one's Maker `[euphem.:` `to` `die]`	(von Gott) abberufen werden `[euphem.:` `sterben]`
	to be called home to one's Lord `[euphem.:` `to` `die]`	(von Gott) abberufen werden `[euphem.:` `sterben]`
	to be chained to one's bed	ans Bett gekettet sein
	to be chained to one's bed	mit Ketten ans Bett gefesselt sein
	to be confined to one's apartment	die Wohnung nicht verlassen können
	idiom med. to be confined to one's bed	ans Bett gefesselt sein
	to be confined to one's room	ans Zimmer gefesselt sein
	to be confined to one's room	in sein Zimmer eingesperrt sein
	to be down to one's last ten dollars	nur noch zehn Dollar übrig haben
	to be left to one's own resources	sich selbst überlassen sein
	to be one's go-to guy `[sl.]`	jds. Mann sein `[ugs.]`
	to be one's go-to person `[sl.]`	jds. Mann sein `[ugs.]`
	fish orn. zool. to be ready to deposit one's eggs	zur Eiablage bereit sein
	to be resigned to one's fate	sich in sein Schicksal ergeben haben
	to be rewarded according to one's merits	nach Verdienst behandelt werden
	idiom to be stretched to one's limits	an seine Grenzen stoßen
	to be stretched to one's limits	seine Grenzen erreicht haben
	idiom to be true to one's word	(sein) Wort halten
	idiom to be unable to hold one's drink / liquor	nichts vertragen `[ugs.]`
	to be up to date in one's thinking	gegenwartsnah denken
	idiom to be up to one's antics	Possen treiben
	to be up to one's ears in debt	bis über die Ohren verschuldet sein
	to be up to one's ears in debt	heillos verschuldet sein
	to be up to one's ears in work	bis über die Ohren in Arbeit sein
	idiom to be up to one's eyeballs in sth. `[fig.]`	bis über beide Ohren in etw. stecken `[ugs.]` `[fig.]`
	idiom to be up to one's eyebrows in sth. `[fig.]`	bis über beide Ohren in etw. stecken `[ugs.]` `[fig.]`
	to be up to one's job	seiner Arbeit gewachsen sein
	to be up to one's knees in mud	bis zu den Knien im Dreck stecken
	to be up to one's knees in water	bis zu den Knien im Wasser stehen
	to be up to one's neck in (the) work	in (der) Arbeit ersticken
	to be up to one's neck in a thing	bis zum Halse drinstecken
	idiom to be up to one's neck in debt `[coll.]`	bis zum Hals in Schulden stecken `[ugs.]`
	idiom to be up to one's tricks	sein Wesen treiben `[Schalk` `usw.]` `[geh.]`
	to be used to getting one's way	gewohnt sein, sich durchzusetzen
	idiom to go out of one's way to be helpful	sich besondere Mühe geben, hilfsbereit zu sein
	idiom to be in keech up to one's chin `[Scot.]` `[vulg.]`	bis zum Hals in der Scheiße stecken `[vulg.]`
	to be related on the mother's side	mütterlicherseits verwandt sein

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