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mother hen

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A female chicken who bears eggs or chicks.
    literally
  2. An outspoken and overprotective woman or person dealing with others' affairs; especially, an assertive matriarch.
    idiomatic

Equivalents

Españolgallina
Françaismère poule
DeutschGlucke
9 more languages
Catalàlloca
Suomikanaemo
Gaeilgecearc ghoir
Magyarkotlóstyúkanyó
Italianomamma chioccia
Nederlandsmoederkloek
Polskikwoka
Românăcloșcă
Русскийклу́ша

Examples

“Baela sends a letter by raven to her father Daemon spilling all the tea, and the news sends a now-pregnant Rhaenyra into mother-hen mode.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

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