tender loving care

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]

Example Sentences

This is why she need [sic] more tender loving care than the strong ones.

From The Daily Beast

Related Words

• care
• concernment
• consideration
• heed
• interest
• regard
• solicitousness
• solicitude