Words and Idioms about Mothers and Parenting

Happy Mother’s Day! Here are 20 words and expressions about mothers and parenting.

a face only a mother could love – an ugly face
a mother has eyes in the back of her head – a mother knows what her children are doing even when she can’t see them
a tiger mother – a strict and demanding mother
everyone and his mother – lots of people
like mother, like daughter – daughters often behave like their mothers did before them
mama’s boy – a boy or man who is easily influenced by his mother
Mother Goose – a fictitious collector of nursery rhymes from the eighteenth century
mother hen – someone who fusses over others in a maternal way
mother house – the principle house in a religious order
Mother Nature – the personification of nature
Mother of God – the Virgin Mary
mother’s milk – something necessary and important
mother’s ruin – gin
mothercraft – skills related to the care of children
‘Mum’s the word!’ – ‘Say nothing!’
necessity is the mother of invention – when the need for something is crucial, one will find ways of creating, finding or achieving it
the mother of all (something) – the largest/most extreme of something
tied to his mother’s apron strings – attached and dependent on his mother
to keep mum – to keep quiet about something
to learn something at your mother’s knee – to learn something at an early age

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24 Mar 2017
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