OLD MOTHER HUBBARD


Meaning of OLD MOTHER HUBBARD in English

a nursery rhyme about an old woman trying to feed her dog. Many people in Britain know the first verse:

Old Mother Hubbard, she went to the cupboard

To get her poor dog a bone;

But when she got there, the cupboard was bare,

And so the poor dog had none.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.