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mother henA female chicken who bears eggs or chicks.Rate it:

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mother henAn outspoken and overprotective woman dealing with others' affairs.Rate it:

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forgetting the base, forgetting the root, forgetting number 'one, forgetting the alphabet 'a' 1'Generally this era, when children learn and grow up as adults, they think the parents know nothing they are the entire encyclopedia. Disdaining parents education and their university degrees with disrespectful manner.Rate it:

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better an egg today than a hen tomorrowIt is better to have a sure thing now than a possibility of more later.Rate it:

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hen's teethPlural form of hen's tooth.Rate it:

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hen's teethAnything very rare or impossible to obtain is said to be like finding hen’s teeth.Rate it:

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hen's toothAnything not naturally occuring.Rate it:

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Mad As a Wet HenSeething, umbrageous, choleric, fumingRate it:

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Scare as Hen's TeethSomething scarce and not found in abundance, a rare thing or non-existentRate it:

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can't put the words back into one's mouth fast enoughThis phrase is often said after someone said something they shouldn't have said as a way of conveying regret for having said it.Rate it:

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as she's as cold as a witchscold as a witch's tit!Very, very cold!!Rate it:

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don't count your chickens before they're hatchedYou should not count on something before it happens.Rate it:

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if it ain't chicken, it's feathersthat's life; there are always problemsRate it:

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pickin' and grinnin'a country way of saying "playing music"Rate it:

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wear one's heart on one's sleeveTo be extremely transparent, open, or forthright about one's emotion or what is in one's heartRate it:

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when you're up to your ass in alligators, it's easy to forget your goal was to drain the swampYou can't complete the a task if more urgent/immediate necessities take priorityRate it:

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where there's smoke, there's firewhen two things are usually together and you find one, you will find the otherRate it:

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you ain't seen nothin' yetsomething is even betterRate it:

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like mother, like daughterA daughter will have traits similar to her mother upon reaching adulthood.Rate it:

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my very educated mother just served us nachosMercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.Rate it:

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you kiss your mother with that mouthUsed to indicate that the other person's speech has become too obscene or vulgar.Rate it:

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necessity is the mother of innovationAlternative form of necessity is the mother of invention.Rate it:

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"never mind your mother sonny.... eat your bleedin' orange"I worked with a man from Foulridge, Lancashire for over 35 years who often used this phrase whenever there was a problem and he wasn't sure of the answer!.. Said the phrase came from a "chap I used to work with in Colne... but he didn't know what it meant either"Rate it:

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black over Bill's mother'sDescribing rain-bearing dark clouds on the horizon.Rate it:

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everybody and his motherA large assortment of people.Rate it:

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necessity is the mother of inventionA person who is in great need of something will find a way to get it.Rate it:

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your mother is a whoreYou are a person of poor character, based on your imputed descent from a mother of poor character, and an unknown father of poor character.Rate it:

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my very educated mother just served us noodlesMercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.Rate it:

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mother of allUsed before a plural noun to form a compound noun having the sense of: the greatest or largest of its kind.Rate it:

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and his motherServes as an intensifier for an inclusive noun or phrase such as everyone, anyone, each someone or all someones.Rate it:

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be motherTo pour out tea for others.Rate it:

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do you kiss your mother with that mouth?Alternative, longer form of "you kiss your mother with that mouth?"; typically said after and because someone cursedRate it:

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everyone and his motherA large assortment of people.Rate it:

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everyone and their motherA large number of people; most people.Rate it:

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mother lodeAny source of valuable or useful material.Rate it:

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mother lodeA large or rich vein of gold or of another precious mineral from which other branches extend.Rate it:

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mother of all ....The largest oneRate it:

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my very educated mother just served us nine pumpkinsA mnemonic used to remember the order and names of the nine planets of the solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto.Rate it:

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Necessity is the Mother of InventionDifficulty always inspires some solutions, a need or difficulty encourages the efforts towards the solutionRate it:

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refrigerator motherAn emotionally frigid mother, who does not exhibit normal care or love for her child or children.Rate it:

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she could be his motherOne could be someone's parent, said of a woman older than a man.Rate it:

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sweet Mary mother of GodUsed to add emphasis, particularly by Catholics.Rate it:

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the pinnacle of love, is seen in the mother's actions which are rarely self-realized.When one looks across humanity and the animal kingdom alike. One can see that the mother who gives birth, time and time again, will risk life and limb to secure their offspring.Rate it:

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who's 'she', the cat's motherA rebuke especially directed towards children for having referred to a woman as "she", instead of using her name or an appropriately respectful title.Rate it:

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who's 'she', the cat's mother%3fA rebuke especially directed towards children for having referred to their mother, or any other woman in the third person, instead of using a properly respectful title or their name when appropriate.Rate it:

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who's 'she', the cat's mother?A rebuke especially directed towards children for having referred to their mother, or any other woman in the third person, instead of using a properly respectful title or their name when appropriate.Rate it:

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's all goodShortened version of "It's all good." No problem; that’s fine; you’re welcome.Rate it:

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...and that's the way it isThe phrase "...and that's the way it is" is used to repeat Walter Kronkite's quote and/or to signify the conclusion of something like a piece of new news or that elude to the fact that what was just said is true or an account of something that really did happen; a way of putting a stamp of approval on what was just stated; same as "and there you have it folks"Rate it:

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a hornet's nest .An unpleasent situation Raising controversy A troublesome situation.Rate it:

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bring (one's) a-gamerefers to bringing maximum effort, focus and undeniable commitment; an encouragement to do your best with no excuses; giving it your allRate it:

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