flew the nest
Left the household
Flew the nest describes young people who have left their parents' home to live independently.
The image is of fledgling birds departing once they can fly: Both kids have flown the nest, so we're downsizing.
Sometimes used of anyone leaving a familiar place or situation: Our best engineer flew the nest for a competitor.
- coming of ageReaching adult status
- fledglingInexperienced newcomer
- spreading wingsExtending flight appendages
- parent-child relationshipTie between caregiver and offspring
- letting goReleasing one's grasp
bittersweetness · leaving home · autonomy · nostalgia · adulthood · household · self-sufficiency · first apartment · financial independence · homesickness · self-discovery · rites of passage · upbringing · new beginnings · milestone · domestic life · maturity · family unit
flew the nestfailure to launch
Inability to begin independently
boomerang kid · mama's boy · daddy's girl · stayed put · nested
flew the nestboomerang kid
Adult child living with parents
failure to launch · stuck at home · Peter Pan syndrome · arrested development
flew, nest, flies, flying, flown, flight, flights, nests, nested