Citations:and his mother

English citations of and his mother

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• 2011, “Are Cleanses Safe?”, in Divine Caroline‎^[1]:

  When Beyoncé credited the Master Cleanse with her weight loss for the movie Dreamgirls a few years ago, everyone and her mother (and at least one guy I know) jumped onboard.

• 2009, Jack O'Connell, The Resurrectionist, page 29:

  Every freak and his mother were out on the streets of Bangkok Park, running or hobbling as best they could to their sundry negotiations.

• 2006, Kathy J. Marsh, The Aura of Love, page 207:

  She hadn't been able to see Chris for what he was, no matter that everybody and their mommas had told her.

• 2006, Richard Montanari, The Rosary Girls, page 374:

  I need every cop and his mother out here.

• 1973, The Listener, volume 90, page 335:

  Far from creating disillusionment, it has merely allowed politicians to disillusion every man and his mum more widely and quickly than they could have done unaided.

• 1972, Joseph A. Walker, The River Niger:

  Next thing I know, every pig and his mother is jumping into a car— that's when it hit me you was pulling a trick, and the state office building plan was still on.

• 1880, Jonathan Swift, edited by Thomas Roscoe, The works of Jonathan Swift, volume 2, page 644:

  One thing I shall observe upon your account, which is never to throw away any more advice upon any Irish lord or his mother