单词	mother hen
释义	mother hen noun : a person who assumes an overly protective maternal attitude Example Sentences a football coach who fusses over his players like a mother hen Recent Examples on the Web Get into the spirit of spring with a mother hen cake and her lovable cupcake chicks. Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2022 The Pynk’s nonbinary mother hen and now minority owner, Uncle Clifford (Nicco Annan), knows there’s no convincing their charmingly irascible roommate and grandmother (Loretta Devine) to take covid seriously. Inkoo Kang, Washington Post, 25 July 2022 Follow an egg down the road less traveled—not to the plate but to the chicken coop, nestled safe under the bum of a doting mother hen—and a whole new story unfolds. Ruby Tandoh, Bon Appétit, 13 July 2022 Cosmetology instructor Ramona Hasan watched over the students like a loving mother hen. Shirley Macfarland, cleveland, 28 Jan. 2022 Meanwhile, life goes on: a mother hen and her chicks walk into and out of the clinic; a doctor teaches his staff to meditate. The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2022 The chicks quickly overrun the house and Lucy pretends to be the mother hen to help herd the animals, just in time for Ricky’s arrival home. Lillian Brown, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2021 Taking her motherly role seriously, Frances Garza gave explicit instructions to have her ashes placed in a statue of a mother hen guarding her baby chicks. Liz Hardaway, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Mar. 2021 Ruth Gemmell will play Lady Violet Bridgerton, the mother hen of all the Bridgerton children. Bianca Rodriguez, Marie Claire, 13 Nov. 2020 See More Word History First Known Use 1952, in the meaning defined above
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