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Question		Answer
To tie the knot start learning		To get married
To wear the pants start learning		To be in control and make decisions in family or relationship
A breadwinner start learning		A person who financially provides for the family
Born with a silver spoon start learning		Born into a wealthy and privileged family
To elope start learning		To get married in secret
A nuclear family start learning		A couple and their dependent children
A sugar daddy start learning		Usually older man who supports or spends lavishly on mistress, girlfriend or boyfriend
To pop the question start learning		To propose marriage
An ancestor start learning		A person related to you who lived a long time ago
Maiden name start learning		The family name a woman has before she gets married
A bachelor start learning		A man who is not and has never been married
An heir start learning		A person who will receive money or a title from another person when that person dies
To follow in someone's footsteps start learning		To do the same job or thing as someone else, esp member of your family
To run in the family start learning		For the quality, ability or disease to occur in many members of the family
Blood is thicker than water start learning		Said to emphasize that you belive that family connections are always more important than other types of relationships
To be like chalk and cheese start learning		To be completely different from each other, have nothing in common
To bring home the bacon start learning		To earn money for a family to live on
To get on like a house on fire start learning		To like each other very much and become friends very quickly
A godparent start learning		A peroson who presents a child at baptism
To grow out of something start learning		To become too old or too mature for something
To be in somebody's blood start learning		For an ability or skill to occur in someone naturally, usually because it already exists in their family
Accident of birth start learning		Luck in something due to family good fortune
To foster start learning		To take care of a child, usually for a limited time, without being the child's legal parent
Father figure start learning		A mentor, a person who offers guidance
Up the duff start learning		Pregnant, usually without it being planned
In-laws start learning		Spouse's parents
Hereditary start learning		Characteristics or diseases passed from the genes of parent to a child
A spoilt child start learning		A child who shows bad behaviour because they have been allowed to do or have anything they want
Family gathering start learning		An informal event where family members meet up
Generation gap start learning		A difference of opinions between one generation and another
Dynasty start learning		A sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
Broken home start learning		A family in which the parents have separated or divorced
Descendant start learning		Someone who is related to a person who lived a long time ago
Extended family start learning		A family group that consists not only of parents but also grandparents, aunts etc
Kinship start learning		A family relationship or a strong connection between people
Matriarch start learning		A woman, especially older, who controls a family or a social group
Surrogate mother start learning		A woman who has a baby for another woman who cannot have one
Mum's the word start learning		"Be quiet", "Don't tell anyone"
Bad blood start learning		Feeling of hatred between relatives because of disputes in the past
Marriage of convenience start learning		Marriage entered into for a personal or family advantage
Like father, like son start learning		Used for saying that a man or boy has the same attitude as his father
To rule the roost start learning		To be in charge, make all decisions
Helicopter parenting start learning		Overattentive child-raising
Shack up start learning		To live together as unmarried sexual partners
Estranged start learning		No longer living with their partner
Distant relative start learning		A relative who is not closely related to you
Baptism start learning		The sacrament of cleansing from original sin
An infant start learning		A child during the first year of life
Overprotective start learning		Having a tendency to protect someone excessuvely
Authoritative parenting start learning		A parenting where parents set firm limits for their children
Heritage start learning		Property that descends to an heir
The apple of someone's eye start learning		A person or thing that someone loves very much
An insemination start learning		The introduction of semen into a woman by natural or artificial means
To be named after someone start learning		To have a name that was inspired by an older member of the family
Orphan start learning		A child whose parents are dead
Genealogy start learning		The study of family history and lineage
To be with child start learning		Old-fashioned way of saying that someone is pregnant
A prenuptial agreement prenup start learning		A legal document signed by 2 people before thay marry stating what will happen to their possesions if they divorce
Joint family start learning		A family structure in which grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins are considered as a single unit living in one house
An upbringing start learning		The treatment and instruction received by a child from its parents throughout its childhood

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