Meaning of with training wheels | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Made easier for novices.
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2. Designed or adapted for children.
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3. In a formative stage; nascent.
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4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see with, training wheel.
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Examples

“I mean, even with the luxury of a graphic front end, there's only so much low-level control that you can do on what is basically a canoe with training wheels.”

“You may not be ready to chase down a rabbit and kill it, but you can shuck an oyster, eat it, and get the primal thrill. It's like going native with training wheels.”

“Standup paddling can be described as surfing with training wheels, although you provide the propulsion, not the waves.”

“Also, I introduced him to crayons. Bought the Crayola beginner set—the short, fat, thick ones with training wheels.”

“Alternatively, they can drop their tokens into games of chance—basically, slot machines with training wheels.”

“While a faint whiff of raffishness remained, science fiction could be justified as a specialized form of children's or Young Adult literature—as literature with training wheels on it, something that would teach the kids to be familiar with Science and Technology and to think progressively about The Future (much in the fashion of the famous “World of the Future” dioramas at the 1939 World's Fair) until they were ready to put aside childish things and turn to “real literature” about “the real world".”

“Everyone always thinks they're bigger than drugs -- rock stars with training wheels, hard-eyed corner boys or homemakers with a scrip from their physician.”

“Naturally he had no clue that Todd's “intimate gathering of friends” was actually a cauldron of hormones and questionable fruit punch—a prelude to the all-night bashes that would someday fill Todd's entire college career. In effect, this was a fraternity party with training wheels.”

“My boyfriend and I even saw a scooter with training wheels the other day riding through the mountains for a nice summer drive.”

“His son, however, has been riding since age four, when Rollin obsessively forced him to drive a cycle with training wheels.”

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