Clip your wings

Hi! Can you please tell me what this means and where it comes from? Thanks much, Sax

It comes from the practice of clipping the primary flight feathers on a bird's wing to prevent it flying away. When applied to people, it means imposing some restriction on their activities.

I remember that from childhood, when my parents kept chickens. You cut off the tips of some feathers on one wing. (It doesn't hurt; it's like a haircut.) The bird can then only fly in small circles.