refrigerator mother
An emotionally frigid mother, who does not exhibit normal care or love for her child or children.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“The psychologist described the woman as a cold, refrigerator mother.”
“The book explores how the author felt neglected by his refrigerator mother during his childhood.”
“Historical theories once unfairly labeled women as refrigerator mothers, blaming them for the developmental struggles of their children.”
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and his mother
Serves as an intensifier for an inclusive noun or phrase such as everyone, anyone, each someone or all someones.
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be mother
To pour out tea for others.
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black over Bill's mother's
Describing rain-bearing dark clouds on the horizon.
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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).
Last updated August 10, 2026