like a mother hen

He was acting like a mother hen because of her.

Stop acting like a mother hen, and let your people do their jobs.

Above all, they hovered over them like a mother hen.

There is no need to fuss over me like a mother hen.

Until then, the best thing to do was get on with her work and stop behaving like a mother hen.

"You're the one who watches over everybody like a mother hen."

Like a mother hen, she sheltered the children under her arms.

"I don't want to act like a mother hen," David later said.

"You look like a mother hen with a bunch of mechanical chicks!"

He still checked on her like a mother hen.

He is like a mother hen with a chick.

"I suppose Hale sent you he's like a mother hen."

"Can't even come out here for a smoke without you hovering over me like a mother hen!"

Hovered over me all day like a mother hen.

Cassandra was afraid that she would feel like a mother hen without her chicks.

He was like a mother hen trying to anticipate her needs since bringing her home that morning.

"Looking after your charges like a mother hen."

I'm hovering over him like a mother hen.

When they were published, I looked on them like a mother hen admiring her fluffiest chick.

He looked at her askance, feeling more like a mother hen than he liked.

Why should you go clucking around them like a mother hen, just because they both hit the ceiling?'

"Anyhow, it's a miserable thing to sit around without any action like a mother hen on her eggs.

At the rear the light cruiser Held maintained a dignified straight course like a mother hen.

Asphodel would be in the Promise like a mother hen protecting her clutch.

Captain Patterson felt like a mother hen on the back of a thoroughbred stallion.