mother complex
Psychoanalysis
noun
A complex of emotions aroused in a young boy by an unconscious sexual desire for his mother.
Origin
Early 20th century.
- —— a treat
- —— be damned
- —— from hell
- —— is one thing, —— is another
- —— of the year
- —— oneself sick
- —— one's guts out
- —— one's head off
- —— one's last
- —— one's socks off
- —— or bust
- —— rides again
- ——'s finest
- —— speaking
- —— that was
- —— the hell out of
- —— the living daylights out of
- —— to a fault
- —— to speak of
- —— up a storm
- ’cause
- ’nuff
- ’re
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