the nanny state

成語所屬單字nanny

the nanny state — 慣用語

1. A government that controls people too much by making many rules to protect them,

1.慣用語
釋義

保姆國家

A government that controls people too much by making many rules to protect them, which some people think is bad.

例句

Maya thinks the new bike helmet law is just the nanny state interfering.

Does the nanny state really need to tell us what to eat?