hothouse plant
Example Sentences
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He need not be a diseased oyster or a frail hothouse plant or an emotional prairie fire that scorches the earth searching for truth.
From Time Magazine Archive
The wisdom of the Mysteries is a hothouse plant, which is revealed to a few individuals ripe for it.
From Christianity As Mystical Fact And The Mysteries of Antiquity by Collison, Harry
And she became very frightened that, some day, she might make Andrew a hothouse plant, too.
From Captivity by Eyles, M. Leonora
The wisdom of the Mysteries is like a hothouse plant, which must be cultivated and fostered in seclusion.
From Christianity As Mystical Fact And The Mysteries of Antiquity by Collison, Harry
"Do not make him think I am an invalid, or he will make a complete hothouse plant of me."
From Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author by Hentz, Caroline Lee
