tiger mother
Meaning
Noun
- A woman who is fiercely protective of one or more people in her care.
- A mother who drives her child/children very hard to succeed in school or in extracurricular studies like learning a musical instrument.
Related
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Origin
- Sense 2 popularized by the 2011 memoir Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua.
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