1. Be tied to your mother's apron strings: if someone, usually a man, is tied to their mother's apron strings, they still need their mother and cannot think or act independently. (Jika seseorang, biasanya lelaki, jika 'tied to their mother's apron strings', mereka masih membutuhkan ibu mereka dan tak berfikir atau bertindak secara bebas)
E. g. He's 30 but he's still tied to his mother's apron strings.
2. At your mother's knee: if you learned to do something at your mother's knee, you learned it when you were a young child. (Jika anda belajar melakukan sesuatu 'at your mother's knee', bererti anda telah mempelajarinya)
E. g. I learned to sew at my mother's knee.
3. Diligence is the mother of good luck: If you work carefully and constantly, you will be far more likely to be successful, as if luck had come your way. (Jika anda bekerja secara berhati - hati dan sering, anda akan jauh nampak berjaya, seakan nasib baik mendekati anda. )
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.
4. Everybody and his mother: 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. (Digunakan secara hiperbolik untuk mengungkapkan sejumlah besar orang atau majoriti daripada orang banyak. )
5. Experience is the mother of wisdom: Most wisdom is gained by experiencing different things (compared to acquiring knowledge through schooling or other means). (Kebijaksanaan yang diperoleh dengan mengalami banyak hal yang berbeza (dibandingkan dengan ilmu yang didapatkan melalui sekolah atau cara lainnya. )
6. Necessity is the mother of innovation
The need for something tends to spark creative thinking and action. A less common variant of the phrase "necessity is the mother of invention. " (Kebutuhan atas sesuatu yang cenderung menyulut fikiran dan tindakan positif. Varian yang sedikit awam daripada frasa "necessity is the mother of invention. "
7. The mother of all something: 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. (Contoh yang ekstrem daripada sesuatu)
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