Necessity is the mother of invention, a face only a mother could love, a mama's boy, mother hen, the mother of all (something)

1. Mother’s Day Idioms
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2. Necessity is the mother of invention
A need or problem encourages creative efforts to
meet the need or solve the problem
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Melba is allergic to
gluten but can’t live
without bread. She
experimented with
various grains and
discovered that
brown rice works
well. Necessity is the
mother of invention!

3. A face only a mother could love
An ugly face
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It’s amazing how
many women he
fooled considering
he has a face only a
mother could love.

4. A mama’s boy
A man who allows his mother to have too
much influence on him
People say
that Ben’s a
mama’s boy
but I disagree.
I think it’s
amazing that a
mom and her
son can be
good pals!
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5. A mother hen
A person who looks out for the welfare of others;
someone who is overprotective
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It’s a good thing
that Prithi is such
a mother hen!
The extra food
and clothes she
brought to camp
saved us when
we lost our
supplies in the
flash flood.

6. The mother of all (something)
The greatest or most notable example of something
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What we
experienced
last night was
the mother of
all snow storms.
I think we’ll be
stuck inside for
the entire week!