hothouse flower
a hothouse flower is flower that isn’t hardy enough to grow under natural conditions. it has to be pampered and grown in a greenhouse or hothouse.
in regard to people it’s used to describe someone who needs pampering or special conditions.
it doesn’t exclusively mean high maintenance, but, needing special circ-mstances on some level to flourish, grow, be happy, or stable.
“she’s the kinda girl you have to give sp-ce. a real hothouse flower. turn the heat on her too much and she’s outta there.”
“he’s kind of a hothouse plant. if he doesn’t draw everyday he just wilts into depression.”
(nicholas nickleby, 1838)”mrs. witterly is of a very excitable nature, very delicate, very fragile, a hothouse plant.”
on an episode of “frazier,” frazier was complaining about various things that bothered him. his father said, “aren’t you the little hothouse orchid.”
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