Mother Idioms
My mom speaks four languages, and I have "A"s in Spanish and French. Like mother, like daughter!
Like mother, like daughter
Meaning: This means that children often have the same traits as their parents. A very similar idiom is "Like father, like son."
I can't wait to go to that amusement park because it has the mother of all roller coasters!
The mother of all (something)
Meaning: A way of describing something as larger, better, worse, etc., than all other things of the same kind.
When is mother's day celebrated in Mexico?
May 10th
Mother of a very bad boy, a smart jazz player and her last child is often seen sucking on her red pacifier
Marge Simpson
How likely is it that a woman will give birth to multiple babies at one time?
a) 3%
b) 5%
c) Less than 1%
d) 15%
Answer: a) Just over 3% (or 3 in 100). About 97% of these multiple births are twins.
She broke up with her boyfriend because he was a mama’s boy who wouldn't do anything without his mom's approval.
Mama's boy or Mother's boy
Meaning: A man who allows his mother to have too much influence on him.
Daily practice is mother’s milk to any successful athlete.
Mother’s milk
Meaning: Something necessary and important
True or False?
Mother's Day is the second-busiest day of the year for restaurants in the USA, after Valentine's Day.
Answer: False. Mother’s Day is the busiest day of the year for restaurants.
Pam Beesly
What is the highest number of children one woman has given birth to in total?
a) 101 children
b) 22 children
c) 69 children
d) 44 children
Answer: c) Mrs. Feodor Vassilyev of Russia gave birth to 69 children between 1725 and 1765.
Julia is a bit of a mother hen. She's always making sure her friends get their homework done on time.
Mother hen
Meaning: A person who looks out for the welfare of others, especially to an overprotective degree.
You won't understand the love most parents have for their children until you have your own children. Experience is really the mother of wisdom.
Experience is the mother of wisdom.
Meaning: The best way to learn something is from experiencing it.
When is Mother's day according to the United Nations?
A) June 1st
B) May 12th
C) May 10th
Answer: A) June 1st
Her son suddenly goes missing and her town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one strange little girl.
Joyce from Stranger Things.
How much did the heaviest human baby ever born weigh?
a) 10,2 kg
b) 7,6 kg
c) 11,5 kg
d) 6,8 kg
a) The heaviest human baby was born to Mrs. Carmelina Fedele in Aversa, Italy in 1955. Her son weighed 10,2 kilograms.
My dog is smart and affectionate, but he has a face only a mother could love.
To have a face only a mother could love
Meaning: To have an ugly face
Children of tiger mothers often are high achievers, but there are also downsides to this type of parenting.
Tiger mother or Tiger mom
Meaning: A strict and demanding mother, especially one who insists that her children earn high grades and also succeed in extracurricular activities.
This person first invented mother's day following her mother's death.
a) Olivia Newton-John
b) Anna Jarvis
c)Helena Bonham Carter
b) Anna Jarvis
This mom is a single mom who lives Stars Hallow and raises her daughter, and they are the best of friends.
Lorelai Gilmore
Which U.S. State is called the “Mother of Presidents” because eight presidents have been born there?
a) New York
b) California
c) Pennsylvania
d) Virginia
Answer: d) Virginia is the birthplace of US presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, Woodrow Wilson
The history of technological development shows that necessity is the mother of invention.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Meaning: When people really need a solution to a difficulty, they will find one.
I’m so jealous! Everyone and their mother is going on the field trip except for me.
Everyone and their mother
Meaning: A large number of or a majority of people
Approximately how many countries officially celebrate Mother’s Day?
a) 15
b) 35
c) 50
d) Only the USA officially celebrates it.
Answer: c) Over 50 countries celebrate Mother's Day, although not all celebrate it on the same day.
The mother of a very special boy and his brothers and wife of Hal Wilkerson.
Lois from Malcom in the Middle
Which famous scientist is called the Mother of Modern Physics?
a) Marie Curie
b) Ada Lovelace
c) Rosalind Franklin
d) Sally Ride
Answer: a) Marie Curie (1867-1934) is known as the Mother of Modern Physics. Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win a Nobel Prize twice, and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two scientific fields (Chemistry and Physics).