The company has relied on government support, but the government is now threatening to 'cut the apron strings'. [=to stop providing support]
He's generous, but there are always 'strings attached'. [=he always expects something in return for what he gives to people]
He really loved her but she was just 'stringing' him 'along'. [=making him think that she loved him so she could use him]
(..) the building- ergo,we are done. Excuse me. If I were to give up on the first little hitch I never would have been able to identify the fingerprints of string theory in the aftermath of the big bang. My apologies. What's your plan? It's just a privilege to watch your mind at work. (..)2007 TvShow: The Big Bang Theory Title: Pilot Season: 1 Episode 1
(..) stuff. Leonard,did you do this? Actually,that's my work. Wow. Yeah. Well,it's just some quantum mechanics with a little string theory doodling around the edges. That part there, that's just a joke. It's a spoof of the born-oppenheimer approximation. So you're like one of those (..)2007 TvShow: The Big Bang Theory Title: Pilot Season: 1 Episode 1