Everyone and his mother wants a ticket to that concert.
and his mother
idiomServes as an intensifier for an inclusive noun or phrase such as everyone, anyone, each someone or all someones.
The new cafe is so popular that everyone and his mother is waiting in line for a coffee.
In the wake of the viral marketing campaign, everyone and his mother seemed to be wearing the same brand of sneakers.
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be mother
To pour out tea for others.
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like mother, like daughter
A daughter takes after her mother.
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mother hen
An outspoken and overprotective woman or person dealing with others' affairs; especially, an assertive matriarch.
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Mother Hubbard
Empty.
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mother lode
Any source of valuable or useful material.
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mother of all
Used before a plural noun to form a compound noun having the sense of: the greatest or largest of (its kind); the most epic example of (its kind).
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patience of Mother Teresa
A great deal of patience.
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refrigerator mother
An emotionally frigid mother, who does not exhibit normal care or love for her child or children.