the/(one's) mother country
the/(one's) mother country
The country where one was born of one's family came from. Every Thanksgiving I make a point of eating turkey and cooking pumpkin pie to remind me of my mother country. We set up this community center so immigrants could have a place where they felt connected to the mother country.
See also: country, mother
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
the ˈmother country
the country where you or your family were born and which you feel a strong emotional connection with: The cafe was a meeting place for the immigrants, a welcome reminder of the tastes of the mother country.See also: country, mother
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- the mother country
- finger in every pie, to have a
- finger in the pie
- humble pie
- pie hole
- cutie
- cutie pie
- be as American as apple pie
- piecrusts
- promises are like pie crust(s): (easily made,) easily broken