live in cotton wool
live in cotton wool
To lead a sheltered life, one devoid of stress and danger. The image here is of being wrapped in cotton and thus protected. Primarily heard in UK. I never realized how much I had been living in cotton wool until I traveled and saw what true poverty looks like.
See also: cotton, live, wool
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- down and out
- ghost town
- have a charmed life
- lead/have a charmed life
- be wrapped up in (someone or something)
- be wrapped up in somebody/something
- have a charmed existence
- live a charmed existence
- lead a charmed existence
- lead a charmed life