--- Stefan Bodewig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Michael McCallum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > One thing I cant stand is spoon feeding.
> 
> Sorry, my English language parser has left me - "untranslatable
> metaphor"
> 8-)

spoon-feed:
TRANSITIVE VERB : Inflected forms: �fed (-fd��) , �feed�ing, �feeds
1. To feed (another) with a spoon. 2. To treat (another) in a way that
discourages independent thought or action, as by overindulgence. 3. a. To
provide (another) with knowledge or information in an oversimplified way.
b. To provide (knowledge or information) in an oversimplified way.  

Diane


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