"The mother and father of all" nghĩa là gì?

"The mother and father of all (something)" = cha mẹ chung của tất cả -> nghĩa là ví dụ bao quát, cực độ, cơ bản nhất.

Ví dụ

Seven out of ten voters want lying in politics to be made illegal. A brilliant idea, though I can see some practical difficulties, like the choice of Fibfinder-General responsible for prosecutions. And who would pay the mother and father of all redundancy bills for the current crop of mendacious (láo, xuyên tạc) ministers and MPs? Presumably Bojo would plead innocence on health grounds, being a congenital (bẩm sinh) liar.

The news was hailed as a “relief” for parents and businesses. But Mr Swinney was accused of the “mother and father of all climbdowns” by opponents after indicating earlier this month that the “blended” approach may be in place for a year. Councils have spent recent weeks drawing up plans for pupils to be in place for one, two or three days a week and it may yet be implemented if there is another flare-up in Covid cases.

A Black Lives Matter campaigner is spending lockdown teaching online Irish dance classes. Cuthbert Tura Arutura, who lives in Ballygowan in Co Down, said there are similarities between the dance of Zimbabwe and sean nos, the oldest in Ireland. He said: “People will find it very exciting that Ireland and southern Africa has this connection of music and rhythm and dance. “Sean nos is the mother and father of all dances in Ireland.” He added the energy and core values are the same and some moves are similar in Zimbabwe. “What interested me in sean nos dancing was the rawness, the energy and naturalness of the dance and how it really had this primitive (gốc, nguyên thủy) essence and energy and power.”

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