大家都知道，father 和mother即父亲和母亲。例：Your father is a teacher and my mother is a doctor. 但是father和mother的比喻用法，可能同学们就了解不多了，现举例说明：
father:
1. Labor is often the father of pleasure.
勤劳是快乐之父。
2. Wish is father to thought.
愿望为思想之本。
3. Bell was the father of the telephone.
贝尔是电话的创始人。
4. George Washington is called the father of the USA.
乔治·华盛顿被称为美国之父。
mother:
1. Failure is the mother of success.
失败是成功之母。
2. Diligence id the mother of good luck.
勤劳是好运之母。
