Mother

[jackietaylor]

What are some phases using the word "mother"?

[Peter Pedant]

mother's ruin.

Come on Mother!

mither-mother

smother mother

Some mothers - (have them)

[Dusky]

"Who's "She?" The cat's mother?" (Never understood that one...)

[Clare A]

Dusky - 'who's 'she', etc., is said in order to show that the person who has referred to someone as 'she' is being a bit impolite not to use the person's name. As in:

'She'd like a pint of beer'.

'Who is she, the cat's mother?'.

'Sorry - Dusky would like a pint of beer'! (And if you wouldn't, I'll have yours!).

[graemer]

"Because I'm your mother and I say so!"

[graemer]

And this is quite nice:

God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. - Jewish Proverb

[Trillipse]

"The mother of all...(insert event/item)" to indicate a superlative example of something. Saddam used it to refer to the gulf war, if i recall. How is that old mother, by the way...?

[smudge]

If Mothers were flowers - I'd pick you.

Ah!

[smudge]

PeterPendant:

Our eldest daughter calls me "Mither".

The youngest one calls me "Ma".

[smudge]

Jackie Taylor - do you live in Bedfordshire?

(I won't ask which Town at this stage)!

[acw]

"Shall I be mother?"  - meaning, "shall I pour the tea?" or "shall I slice the cake?" (This may be a Scottish thing as my Nana always said it- but it could be all of UK - anyone know?)

[Dusky]

How generous, Clare A, I'll have a pint of best in there, thanks.  Do have one yourself.

acw, I think that's a general thing - as in the story about a woman who finds a young girl crying outside the doctor's surgery, dries her eyes and takes her home for a cup of tea.  Then she says "Right, who's going to be mother?" and the girl starts crying again...

Then there's "Necessity is the mother of invention."

"Mother knows best"

"Watch with Mother" (if that's not an infringement of copyright).

"Hail, Mary, mother of God" etc.