Phrasal verbs:
1. Be tied to your mother's apron strings:(ಅಮ್ಮನ ಸೆರಗಿಗೆ ಅಂಟುಕೊಂಡಿರುವುದು) if someone, usually a man, is tied to their mother's apron strings, they still need their mother and cannot think or act independently.
E. g. He's 30 but he's still tied to his mother's apron strings.
(ಅವನಿಗೆ ಈಗ 30 ವರ್ಷ ಆದರೂ ಅವನು ಅವನ ಅಮ್ಮನ ಸಹಾಯವಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಏನು ಮಾಡಲಾರ)
2. At your mother's knee:(ನಿಮ್ಮ ತಾಯಿಯ ಮುಂದು ಕಲಿತಿರುವುದು) if you learned to do something at your mother's knee, you learned it when you were a young child
E. g. I learned to sew at my mother's knee.
3. Diligence is the mother of good luck:(ಶ್ರದ್ಧೆ ಅದೃಷ್ಟದ ತಾಯಿ) If you work carefully and constantly, you will be far more likely to be successful, as if luck had come your way.
E. g. Mike: I'll never get work as an actress; I always have such bad luck at auditions. Jack: Keep working at it. Diligence is the mother of good luck.
(ಉದಾಹರಣೆ : Mike : ನನಗೆ ನಟಿಯಾಗಿ ನಟಿಸಲು ಅವಕಾಶ ಸಿಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲವೆಂದೆನಿಸುತ್ತದೆ, ನನಗೆ ಯಾವಾಗ್ಲೂ ಅದೃಷ್ಟ ಕೈ ಕೊಡುತ್ತದೆ. Jack : ಮಾಡುತ್ತಲಿರು, ಶ್ರದ್ಧೆಯು ಅದೃಷ್ಟದ ತಾಯಿ)
4. Everybody and his mother: (ಬಹಳ ಜನ )Used hyperbolically to express a large number or a majority of people. I'm so jealous, everybody and his mother is going on a vacation this summer except for me.
5. Experience is the mother of wisdom:(ಅನುಭವವು ಜ್ಞಾನದ ತಾಯಿ) Most wisdom is gained by experiencing different things (compared to acquiring knowledge through schooling or other means).
6. Necessity is the mother of innovation (ಅವಶ್ಯಕತೆಯೂ ಆವಿಷ್ಕಾರದ ತಾಯಿ)
The need for something tends to spark creative thinking and action. A less common variant of the phrase "necessity is the mother of invention. "
7. The mother of all something:(ಎಲ್ಲದರ ತಾಯಿ/ಎಲ್ಲದಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಮಿಗಿಲು) an extreme example of something Donny's car crash was the mother of all crashes. E. g. Hundreds will travel to Stonehenge, the mother of all places to celebrate the longest day of the year.