clip someone's wings
成語所屬單字clip
clip someone's wings — 慣用語
1. to limit someone's freedom or prevent them from doing what they want to do — as
1.慣用語
釋義
限制某人的自由
to limit someone's freedom or prevent them from doing what they want to do — as if cutting a bird's feathers so it cannot fly away.
例句
The new school rules clipped the students' wings by banning phones during breaks.
Moving back home after university clipped Amir's wings after years of freedom.