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Estar entre algodones

To be wrapped in cotton wool / To be overprotected

Idioms & Sayings
Notes & Usage:

Describes someone who has been shielded from difficulty and hardship, and as a result may be unprepared for the real world.

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Le han criado entre algodones y no sabe afrontar los problemas.

He's been raised wrapped in cotton wool and doesn't know how to face problems.

—¿Por qué le cuesta tanto? —Ha vivido entre algodones toda su vida.

—Why does she find it so hard? —She's lived wrapped in cotton wool all her life.

No puedes estar entre algodones para siempre.

You can't be wrapped in cotton wool forever.

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