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tender loving care



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Idioms and Phrases

Also, TLC . Solicitous and compassionate care, as in These houseplants sure have had tender loving care , or Older house for sale, needs some renovation and TLC . Originally used to describe the work of care-givers such as nurses, this term today is often used ironically or euphemistically. [Second half of 1900s]
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While it was in need of a little tender loving care, the floor was still in remarkable shape after all that time.

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With the housing market hot, older homes that need a little tender loving care have become in demand.

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The forest biotechnology expert knew that trees are difficult to genetically alter — and that the "tender loving care" of a laboratory is no substitute for the outside world.

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Paradon’s caregivers believe the extended tender loving care is worth it.

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They were a little dilapidated, and in need of some tender loving care.

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