spoonfeed

spoonfeed
spoon-feed
1> кормить с ложки
2> кормить, пичкать
_Ex:
the general public is being spoon-fed more and more lies
широкую публику все больше и больше пичкают выдумками
3> разжевывать; разжевать и в рот положить
_Ex:
to spoon-feed material to students разжевывать (подробно
растолковывать) материал студентам
4> чрезмерно опекать; шагу не давать ступить
_Ex:
having always been spoon-fed she could not meet the challenge
of life ее всегда от всего оберегали, и, столкнувшись с
жизнью, она растерялась

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