0 to give a lot of attention to making someone comfortable and to protecting them from anything unpleasant: --
Children sometimes need to be cosseted.
disapproving The country has been cosseted (= too protected) by the government for so long that people have forgotten how to take responsibility for themselves.
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Vi kan slutföra det steg för steg hur lång vägen än är och den kan inte slutföras hur kort vägen än är om du inte ens markerar ditt fotavtryck.