mother hens
Overbearing caretaker types
Mother hens are people—usually women—who fuss protectively over others, offering unsolicited advice and hovering anxiously.
The term comes from the hen's instinct to shelter chicks under her wings: The mother hens in the office kept checking if I'd eaten lunch.
The phrase often carries a note of affectionate exasperation.
Those who maintain property
- maternalOf or like mothers
- protectiveServing to guard
- dotingExcessively affectionate toward
- attentivePaying close notice
caring · watchful · fussing · brood · chicks · nesting · warmth · sheltering
Suspended without support
- smotheringDepriving of air
- coddlingOverindulgent, protective treatment
- helicopterRotary-wing aircraft
- overbearingArrogantly dominating in manner
controlling · anxious · worrywart · fussing · shielding · clingy · suffocating · micromanaging
caretakers
Those who maintain property
- maternalOf or like mothers
- protectiveServing to guard
- dotingExcessively affectionate toward
attentive · caring · watchful · fussing · brood · chicks · nesting · warmth · sheltering · guiding
hovering
Suspended without support
- smotheringDepriving of air
- coddlingOverindulgent, protective treatment
- helicopterRotary-wing aircraft
overbearing · controlling · anxious · worrywart · fussing · shielding · clingy · suffocating · micromanaging · intrusive
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