(会員) Wed, Jan. 27, 2016 - Fatherhood

(会員) Wed, Jan. 27, 2016 - Fatherhood
1. Like father, like son.

2. This is not your father’s ~.
This is not your father’s Toyota.

*philosophical  = 哲学的な
3. The child is the father of the man.

4. What are some synonyms for “father”?
Dad, Daddy, Papa, Pa, Pop, My old man,

5. Another meaning for “father” is “priest”
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6. What are some synonyms for “mother”?
mom, mum, ma, mommy, my old lady

7. Necessity is the mother of invention.

8. He’s a mama’s boy. / He has an Oedipus Complex.

9. He has a face only a mother could love. = He is very ugly.

10. mother earth = earth, 
mother nature = nature

11. (A) is the mother of all (B).  
A=st specific, B=a category, a kind
This is the mother of all wars.

This expression is used to describe the biggest, most extreme or ultimate examples of something.