Idiom
wrap in cotton wool
Meaning
To treat delicately, to baby, to coddle.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Parents should not wrap their children in cotton wool.”
“She is so talented that she does not need her boss to wrap her in cotton wool.”
“While his intentions were protective, he realized that to wrap his adult son in cotton wool would only hinder his personal growth.”
Examples
simple
“Parents should not wrap their children in cotton wool.”
contextual
“She is so talented that she does not need her boss to wrap her in cotton wool.”
complex
“While his intentions were protective, he realized that to wrap his adult son in cotton wool would only hinder his personal growth.”
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