handle with care
Treat with gentleness
Handle with care is an instruction to treat something gently because it's fragile, valuable, or easily damaged.
The phrase appears on packaging for breakable goods but extends to anything requiring delicate treatment: This is a sensitive topic—handle with care.
A person who must be handled with care is emotionally fragile or easily offended.
- fragileEasily broken or damaged
- fine chinaDelicate ceramic tableware
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- breakableCapable of shattering
- antique vaseOld collectible pottery vessel
gentle · caution · thin ice · packaging · glass · porcelain · eggs · bubble wrap · shipping · special delivery · moving day · precious · newborn baby · tender · soft · warning · label · box
- postalmail, mail delivery, stamp, stamps, mail service
- cautioncautious, caution, watch out, beware, wariness
- shipping termson-time delivery, expedited, en route, postage, cash on delivery
- postal termsstamps, zip codes, stamp, stamped, postal codes
- postal itemsstamp, stamps, postcard, envelopes, envelope
- product labelsingredient list, warning labels, safety labels, warning label, nutrition facts