spoil a child

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• spare the rod and spoil the child — And introduces a consequence. With allusion to PROVERBS xiii. 24 (AV) He that spareth his rod, hateth his son. c 1000 AELFRIC Homilies (1843) II. 324 Se the sparath his gyrde [stick], he hatath his cild. 1377 LANGLAND Piers Plowman B. v. 41… …   Proverbs new dictionary

• spare the rod and spoil the child — This means that if you don t discipline children, they will become spoilt …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• spare the rod and spoil the child — ► spare the rod and spoil the child proverb if children are not physically punished when they do wrong their personal development will suffer. Main Entry: ↑rod …   English terms dictionary

• Child discipline — is the set of rules, rewards and punishments administered to teach self control, increase desirable behaviors and decrease undesirable behaviors in children. In its most general sense, discipline refers to systematic instruction given to a… …   Wikipedia

• child — n. 1) to adopt; bear, give birth to, have a child (she had four children) 2) to carry a child (a mother carries a child for nine months) 3) to beget; conceive a child 4) to bring up, raise, rear a child 5) to feed; nurse; wean a child 6) to… …   Combinatory dictionary

• child — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ little, small, young ▪ My father died while I was still a small child. ▪ newborn ▪ teenage ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• spoil — spoilable, adj. spoilless, adj. /spoyl/, v., spoiled or spoilt, spoiling, n. v.t. 1. to damage severely or harm (something), esp. with reference to its excellence, value, usefulness, etc.: The water stain spoiled the painting. Drought spoiled the …   Universalium

• spoil — see do not spoil the ship for a ha’porth of tar spare the rod and spoil the child too many cooks spoil the broth better one house spoiled than two …   Proverbs new dictionary

• child — see Monday’s child is fair of face the child is the father of the man a burnt child dreads the fire praise the child, and you make love to the mother spare the rod and spoil the child it takes a whole village to bring up a …   Proverbs new dictionary

• spoil — [ spɔıl ] verb ** ▸ 1 make worse ▸ 2 allow child everything ▸ 3 treat someone with care ▸ 4 food: become too old ▸ 5 in election ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) transitive to affect something in a way that makes it worse, less attractive, or less enjoyable:… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• spoil — c.1300, from O.Fr. espoillier to strip, plunder, from L. spoliare to strip of clothing, rob, from spolium armor stripped from an enemy, booty; originally skin stripped from a killed animal, from PIE *spol yo , perhaps from root *spel to split, to …   Etymology dictionary