Sentences with phrase «old mother hen»

I am not sure how old you are... so I hate to sound like an old mother hen because we might be the same age, but take it from someone who has three kiddos... They don't always listen.

Anyone who has ever incurred the wrath of an old mother hen by threatening her brood can testify to the fact that Jesus was probably speaking like an «over-zealous,» «overprotective» «Jewish» mama here.

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

Not exact matches

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!!

November 15 — 1 1 - yr - old hen whose mate was killed by a mountain lion November 1 — 9 roosters abandoned behind a feedstore October 22 — 3 hens from a woman whose mother died October 21 — 2 roosters left abandoned in a coop October 13 — 1 sheep from a shelter September 29 — 1 sheep left tied to a flagpole September 7 — 2 potbellied piglets from a shelter September 1 — 1,650 hens from a battery cage farm August 26 — 2 roosters July 30 — 1 duck, 1 rooster, 2 hens, 4 king pigeons July 29 — 1 rooster June 3 — 1 goat from a local animal control agency.