tender loving care

1. 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

While it was in need of a little tender loving care, the floor was still in remarkable shape after all that time.

From Seattle Times

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

From Seattle Times

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.

From Scientific American

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

From Seattle Times

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

From BBC

Related Words

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