to act like a snowflake
- idiom
- Offensive
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[OFENSIVO, INFORMAL] hacerse el ofendido
- Whenever someone questions his ideas, he acts like a snowflake and gets offended.
Examples
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Don't act like a snowflake when someone disagrees with you!
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He tends to act like a snowflake whenever someone points out his mistakes.
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At the meeting, she acted like a snowflake when given constructive feedback.
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He always acts like a snowflake during discussions.
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During the debate, he acted like a snowflake and became overly defensive when his views were challenged.
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She tends to act like a snowflake in discussions, often taking criticism personally rather than seeing it as helpful.
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When critics addressed her work, she acted like a snowflake, reacting with anger instead of considering their feedback.
Synonyms
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Show more feeling or anger than a situation needs
To react angrily or feel hurt when criticized
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The pattern 'act like X' is a straightforward simile construction, so if a learner knows 'snowflake' as a dismissive label for someone easily offended, they can compose the meaning as 'behave like someone who is easily offended'. Although 'snowflake' is slang with cultural connotations, the overall meaning follows directly from the constituents and is therefore predictable for a learner who knows those words.
Etymology
The phrase act like a snowflake comes from the image of a snowflake as very fragile and quick to melt, so someone who acts like a snowflake seems easily hurt or upset by small criticism. That's why it means 'to respond with excessive sensitivity or defensiveness'.