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Idioms about Mothers
Mother's Day is a time to show our respect and gratitude to our mothers. Here a list of idioms about mothers.
A list of idioms about mothers
at your mother's knee
said about something that you learned when you were a child.
Example:
She learned to sing at her mother's knee.
Example:
She learned to sing at her mother's knee.
expectant mother
a pregnant woman.
Example:
There are many good tips for expectant mothers in this little book.
Example:
There are many good tips for expectant mothers in this little book.
experience is the mother of wisdom
this idiom is used to mean that people learn from what happens to them.
Example:
You will never understand the love parents have for their children until you get your own children. Experience is really the mother of wisdom.
Example:
You will never understand the love parents have for their children until you get your own children. Experience is really the mother of wisdom.
face (that) only a mother could love
a very ugly face.
Example:
Look at that poor girl. That's a face that only a mother could love.
Example:
Look at that poor girl. That's a face that only a mother could love.
he that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin
This is a proverb which means that if you intend to marry a woman, first try to win her mother on your side.
Example:
Listen Joe, if you want to marry Nancy, try to impress her mother first and be sure that she is on your side. He that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin.
Example:
Listen Joe, if you want to marry Nancy, try to impress her mother first and be sure that she is on your side. He that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin.
like father, like son
The phrase like father, like son is an idiomatic expression that indicates that fathers and sons resemble each other or that sons tend to behave like their fathers.
Another variation of this idiom is:
like mother, like daughter.
Example:
Alan decided to start a business online - like father, like son.
Another variation of this idiom is:
like mother, like daughter.
Example:
Alan decided to start a business online - like father, like son.
like mother, like daughter
This is a proverb which means that daughters resemble their mothers.
Related idioms:
Like father like son
To be cut from the same cloth
To be a chip off the same block
To run in the family
Example:
1. My mother was mad about chocolate. Every time my father saw me eating chocolate, he would say, "Like mother, like daughter."
2. Nancy: "Liza has an eye for fashion. She always looks for the latest trends."
Kate: "Like mother, like daughter. Her mother is mad about fashion, too."
Related idioms:
Like father like son
To be cut from the same cloth
To be a chip off the same block
To run in the family
Example:
1. My mother was mad about chocolate. Every time my father saw me eating chocolate, he would say, "Like mother, like daughter."
2. Nancy: "Liza has an eye for fashion. She always looks for the latest trends."
Kate: "Like mother, like daughter. Her mother is mad about fashion, too."
necessity is the mother of invention
This proverb means that when people really need to do something, they will find a way to do it.
Example:
When her pen had run out of ink, she used her lipstick to write a short note to her husband who was at work.
Example:
When her pen had run out of ink, she used her lipstick to write a short note to her husband who was at work.
scarlet woman
The phrase a scarlet woman refers to a prostitute, an immoral woman, particularly one who commits adultery.
The phrase was first used in Revelation 17:5 where a sinful woman was described:
Example:
She was the scarlet woman of the town.
The phrase was first used in Revelation 17:5 where a sinful woman was described:
17:4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
17:5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. [King James Version; the New International Version uses "prostitutes" instead of "harlots"].
Example:
She was the scarlet woman of the town.
the mother of all
an extreme example which is the biggest, most impressive, or most important of its kind.
Example:
Failure is the mother of all success.
Example:
Failure is the mother of all success.
