clip someone's wings
idiomPart ofclip
clip someone's wings — idiom
1. to limit someone's freedom or prevent them from doing what they want to do — as
1.idiom
Definition
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.
Example
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.