Idiomatic "MOM" Expressions

On Mother’s Day, let me present you with some expressions that have “mother/mom” in English today.

 

 

<Idioms for Mother – Common Sayings, Meanings, and Examples>

    1.  at one’s mother’s knee

Meaning: Learned in early childhood

E.g., The chef learned all the cooking terms at his mother’s knee.

2. mother hen 

Meaning: an overprotective mother

E.g., Jean used to be such a mother hen with her kid.

  

    3.  born of the same mother

Meaning: very similar in nature

E.g., The two new cell phone models seem born of the same mother.

 

    4.  mother’s touch

Meaning: comforting care

E.g., Evelyne needs a mother’s touch whenever she was under a lot of pressure in life.

5.  Mother’s patience runs deep

Meaning: endless tolerance

E.g., Only a mother’s patience runs deep.

6. mother-bound

Meaning: emotionally dependent

E.g., He remained mother-bound.

7. mother tongue

Meaning: native language

E.g., Hans is proud of himself for never letting go of his mother tongue.

8. under mother’s wings

Meaning: being protected, cared for, or sheltered by a parent or authority figure

E.g., The professor made her students feel safe like being under mother’s wings.

9. mother’s milk

Meaning: something basic and natural

E.g., Guns and drugs are like mother’s milk to gangs.

10. mothering someone

Meaning: caring excessively

E.g., Stop mothering your grown-up kids.