spoon-feed



spoon-feed someone

Fig. to treat someone with too much care or help; to teach someone with methods that are too easy and do not stimulate the learner to independent thinking. The teacher spoon-feeds the students by dictating notes on the novel instead of getting the children to read the books. You mustn't spoon-feed the new recruits by telling them what to do all the time. They must use their initiative.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
MaunuMOW-nooFinnish
TÚLio-Portuguese
StÍGandr-Ancient Scandinavian
RomolaRO-mo-lahItalian
Evangelos-Greek
Carina (2)kah-REE-nah (German)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German