I've cut all ties with my family/My family has cut all ties with me.

[Ashraful Haque]

When talking about ending a relationship.
1. I've cut all ties with my family.
2. My family has cut all ties with me.

I feel like 'cut off' is slightly different than 'cut ties.'
3. My family has cut me off. - Does this need any other word like 'financially' to sound complete? Or is it a complete sentence by itself?
4. I have cut my family off. - It sounds like I have the upper hand here and have deprived them of something by cutting them off. Same question here. Does this sentence need any other word like 'financially' to sound complete?

 

[emsr2d2]

@Ashraful Haque You have made 693 posts on this forum. We shouldn't still have to improve your thread titles. Always use a complete sentence as your title.

 

[Tarheel]

In my experience "cut off" always has to do with things like inheritance.

 

[jutfrank]

3. My family has cut me off. - Does this need any other word like 'financially' to sound complete? Or is it a complete sentence by itself?

To complete the meaning? Possibly. Without sufficient context, the listener would wonder in what way your family has cut you off. Grammatically, it's a complete sentence.

4. I have cut my family off. - It sounds like I have the upper hand here and have deprived them of something by cutting them off. Same question here. Does this sentence need any other word like 'financially' to sound complete?

See above.

 

[Ashraful Haque]

@Ashraful Haque You have made 693 posts on this forum. We shouldn't still have to improve your thread titles. Always use a complete sentence as your title.

Thanks. I'll keep this in mind from the next time.

 

[Ashraful Haque]

In my experience "cut off" always has to do with things like inheritance.

Does this mean I don't have to add anything else after 'cut off'?
"My family has cut me off."
I understand that a word like 'financially' would be necessary if the listener doesn't know the context. But is it necessary if they know the context?

Does this also mean that it would be wrong to say "I have cut my family off" since we inherit things from our parents and not the other way around.

 

[emsr2d2]

Does this mean I don't have to add anything else after 'cut off'?
"My family has cut me off."
I understand that a word like 'financially' would be necessary if the listener doesn't know the context. But is it necessary if they know the context?

If the listener knows you're talking about money, you don't need anything after "cut me off".

Does this also mean that it would be wrong to say "I have cut my family off" since we inherit things from our parents and not the other way around.

If you said that, it would mean that you've stopped speaking to them.

 

[SoothingDave]

Not just inheritance. If there is ongoing financial support, that would be ended if one is "cut off" by one's family.

 

[Ashraful Haque]

Not just inheritance. If there is ongoing financial support, that would be ended if one is "cut off" by one's family.

I see. If I help my family financially and cut them off, it would mean that I've stopped giving them money.

 

[Ashraful Haque]

If you said that, it would mean that you've stopped speaking to them.

Would it mean the same as saying 'I've cut ties them'?

 

[Tarheel]

Would it mean the same as saying 'I've cut ties WITH them'?

Yes. Also please note that when I said "something like an inheritance" that didn't mean it was restricted to that.

 

[Ashraful Haque]

Thank you.
Would 'cut ties' with someone always suggest ending a relationship?
Does it suggest anything related to inheritance or money without any further context?

 

[jutfrank]

Would 'cut ties' with someone always suggest ending a relationship?

Yes. The word 'ties' is a metaphor for some kind of bond or relationship, and 'cut' is a metaphor for ending, whether permanently or temporarily, that relationship.

Does it suggest anything related to inheritance or money without any further context?

I strongly doubt it would connote any sense of money to most people, no.