the mother of something

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthe mother of somethingthe mother of somethinga) COME FROM/ORIGINATEthe origin or cause of something Westminster is known as ‘the mother of parliaments’. Necessity is the mother of invention (=people have good ideas when the situation makes it necessary). b) informalBAD a very severe or extreme type of something, usually something bad I woke up with the mother of all hangovers. → motherExamples from the Corpusthe mother of something• the mother of all battles• Necessity is the mother of invention.• I woke up with the mother of all hangovers.

单词	the mother of something
释义	the mother of something From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthe mother of somethingthe mother of somethinga) COME FROM/ORIGINATEthe origin or cause of something Westminster is known as ‘the mother of parliaments’. Necessity is the mother of invention (=people have good ideas when the situation makes it necessary). b) informalBAD a very severe or extreme type of something, usually something bad I woke up with the mother of all hangovers. → motherExamples from the Corpusthe mother of something• the mother of all battles• Necessity is the mother of invention.• I woke up with the mother of all hangovers.
随便看	have a lot/too much to lose have a lovely etc time have a low etc opinion of have a meal etc have a memory like a sieve have a migraine have a mind of your own have a moan have a moan (about something) have a moan about have a mountain to climb have a nap have a nap have a nice day have a nice day! have a nodding acquaintance have a nodding acquaintance have a nodding acquaintance (with somebody) have a nodding acquaintance (with something) have a nodding acquaintance with have a nodding acquaintance with have a nodding acquaintance with have a nose around have a nose for have a one track mind