mother hen

He described her then as “a mother hen who took care of everyone.”

Nemirovskaya, with her robust intellectual and physical presence, plays the role of chair and mother hen.

Everyone adored her, and she was a real mother hen to all three girls.

“It was one of those magical moments, and Julie was our mother hen,” he said of Taymor.

The Jumbotron was set up facing Alma Mater, the crowds nestled round her like chicks round a bronze mother hen.

But the mother hen determined, 'a la General Grant,' to set it out on this nest 'if it took all summer!'

I have neglected to tell you that the mother hen is black, and struts with pompous pride above her white and octoroon subjects.

Instead they obey the clucking of the mother hen, and "tweet" disdainfully at their haughty sire.

Toots' mamma sat by his side with a huge basket in her lap containing a fine old mother hen with ten little chicks.

Two players are chosen—one to be the mother hen and the other to be the fox, who is after a chicken for his meal.