spoil someone rotten
Lavish with gifts
To spoil someone rotten is to indulge them excessively with gifts, attention, or pampering—treating them so generously it borders on overindulgence.
The phrase typically describes lavishing affection on children or loved ones: Her grandparents spoil her rotten.
Despite the negative connotations of both "spoil" and "rotten," the expression is usually affectionate rather than critical.
- coddleOverindulge or poach gently
- overindulgePartake to excess
- spare no expenseSpend without limit
- doteLove to excess
- giftsItems freely given
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