Advertisement
Advertisement
kid glove
noun
- a glove made of kid leather.
kid glove
noun
- a glove made of kidskin
- handle with kid glovesto treat with great tact or caution
adjective
- overdelicate or overrefined
- diplomatic; tactful
a kidglove approach
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of kid glove1
Idioms and Phrases
- handle with kid gloves, to treat with extreme tact or gentleness:
He's upset, so handle him with kid gloves today.
Example Sentences
Arteta has handled Nwaneri with kid gloves since giving him his debut, but felt this was the time and place to give him the biggest spotlight of his career so far.
But the idea of handling such a gleeful provocateur with kid gloves seems to somehow miss the point of De Palma鈥檚 work.
Pittsburgh has used kid gloves with Jones at times, though he also threw a career-high 96 pitches over seven brilliant innings against Colorado last weekend.
The gentlemen standing, studies in black and white with wing collars and kid gloves.
鈥淭hey treated Jonathan Roth with kid gloves,鈥 said Kil about the police.
Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse