Sentences with phrase «as mother hen»

I also serve as mother hen for my weekly golf group.

Set in a Hooters-esque Texas tavern called Double Whammies, the punningly titled comedy stars Hall («Scary Movie») as the mother hen to a staff of young waitresses coping with sexism and racism.

Isaiah's comparisons of God's love with that of a mother (49:15; 66:13), Jesus» longing to protect Jerusalem's children as a mother hen gathers her chicks under her wings (Luke 13:34), the impact of the prodigal son's return on the father — all these took on new meaning.

There is nothing more wrong than a child who suffers and a parent who feels helpless to make it stop — I need my Saviour who suffers with us, my God who weeps, who longs to gather us to himself as a mother hen gathers her chicks.

Not exact matches

When asked to characterize her leadership style on Monday, de Carvalho - Heineken described herself as a «mother hen.»

A person could do much worse than to imagine God as an old mother hen or an overzealous «Jewish mother.»

Gracious and loving God, Mother Hen, Abba, who was made known to us in the body of a babe, born into poverty and despised by the state - Our parent and brother Help us recognize the stranger as our kin.

Danny is as garrulous as Michael is quiet, and he clucks over his protègè like a mother hen.

Even under the best conditions on supposedly «humane» farms, the animals often come from breeding facilities that kill the males by inhumane methods (egg hatcheries where most laying hens come from) or the mothers are not allowed to do what comes naturally during pregnancy and their babies are taken away after a few days or less (as in the dairy industry).

I have a 6 year old little girl and an 11 year old boy, I had my daughter when my son was 5, he was very welcoming and there were no signs of jealousy, it is now similar as I am 17 weeks pregnant and my daughter will be 7 when this baby is born, my son is older however and it will be a little different for him this time around, he isn't really interested in the whole baby thing but he is a very caring boy and I have no worries about him welcoming this baby into our family, my little girl will be a little mother hen I think, it is difficult I think for the whole family adjusting to a new addition, I am excited and a little nervous, for my children and how they might really feel, I am not a first time mother but I feel a bit out of practice!!

Terrence Howard and Cuba Gooding Jr. head the 322 Fighter Group, composed of such familiar types as the hotdog ladies» man (David Oyelowo), the solemn, hard - drinking captain (Nate Parker), the chaw - chewing jokester (Ne - Yo), the Scripture - quoting Deacon (Marcus T. Paulk), the snot - nosed rookie (Tristan Wilds), the mother - hen mechanic (a very good Andre Royo).

M.V.P.: Among a wondrous cast, including J. Smith Cameron as Lisa's mother, John Gallagher Jr. as her hapless prospective beau, Kieran Culkin as a manipulative, callous rival, Rosemarie De Witt as the prickly, paranoid wife of Mark Ruffalo's character, Stephen Adly Guirgis as a long - suffering cop, Michael Ealy as a smart - as - a-whip attorney and Lonergan himself as Lisa's hen - pecked absentee father, it's the great Allison Janney (also the best thing in «The Help «-RRB- who lingers in a one - scene cameo as the victim of the bus accident which sets the plot in motion.

His body of work for children includes the bilingual fictional picture books Alfredito Flies Home / Alfredito regresa volando a su casa; The Fiesta of the Tortillas / La fiesta de las tortillas; The Hen in the City / La gallinita en la ciudad; Moony Luna / Luna, lunita lunera; Trees Are Hanging from the Sky; Xochitl and the Flowers / Xóchitl, la niña de las flores; and Zipitio, as well as additional works of poetry, including Talking with Mother Earth, and his series of «cooking poem» books: Bean Soup / Sopa de frijoles: A Cooking Poem / Un poema para cocinar; Guacamole: A Cooking Poem / Un poema para cocinar; Rice Pudding / Arroz con leche: A Cooking Poem / Un poema para cocinar; and Tamalitos: A Cooking Poem / Un poema para cocinar.

Performance artists Mónica Mayer and Maris Bustamante, who formed the feminist art group Polvo de Gallina Negra (Black - Hen Dust), used their appearance on a Mexican TV talk show as the conduit for their piece Madre por un dia (Mother for a Day, 1987).

As a Kindergarten teacher, I was a real mother hen, who loved reading aloud to my chicks.

As the true «birth mother - hen» of your newly - adopted chicken, I can't tell you how egg - static I am to see that the famous Layla will now cluck over that sweet little gray chickee that missed the cut in my recent flurry of feathers & nest de-cluttering.