Translations for „spoon-feed“ in the English » Portuguese Dictionary

spoon-feed VB trans

1. spoon-feed (feed):

spoon-feed

dar de comer com colher

2. spoon-feed pej:

to spoon-feed sb

dar algo mastigado a alguém

Usage examples with spoon-feed

to spoon-feed sb

dar algo mastigado a alguém

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Rather than shoving the message down their throat, you sugar-coat it, you spoon-feed it.

www.thestar.com

Many now know that my writings are not intended to spoon-feed readers.

opinion.inquirer.net

It might spoon-feed you some junk, too, just for the fun of it.

blogs.telegraph.co.uk

We, literally, spoon-feed him his three main meals and then have to place snacks into his mouth to get him to eat.

www.independent.ie

This move bucks the current trend which sees carmakers spoon-feed their preferred hashtag to fans in order to promote a new model.

www.themotorreport.com.au

Professors won't spoon-feed you and you are expected to hone your own skills.

www.thehindu.com

We certainly can not continue to spoon-feed our students.

www.freemalaysiatoday.com

We're not gon na spoon-feed our audience a plot, but basically the through-line is that death plays the fiddle and summons the dead to dance.

citybeat.com

I think what he meant by that is it's always best not to spoon-feed the audience.

www.avclub.com

Unless he is a millionaire, and even then, a sensible man with money isn't going to spoon-feed a woman for the rest of her life.

www.jamaicaobserver.com