گزارش خطا در معنی کلمه 'mother of'

1 general:: The best or greatest of a type, as in That was the mother of all tennis matches. This expression originated during the Gulf War as a translation of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's term umm al-ma' arik, for "major battle"; the Arabic "mother of" is a figure of speech for "major" or "best.'' It was quickly adopted and applied to just about any person, event, or activity. [Slang; late 1980s]