Idiom meaning, usage examples, facts
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HANDLE/TREAT (SOMEONE) WITH KID GLOVES
to treat someone cautiously or gently because he or she is easily hurt or angered
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1. The boss is a difficult person to persuade—you have to approach her very carefully and put your ideas forward in just the right way. She has to be handled with kid gloves.
2. You can come right out and tell me what the problem is. There’s no need to handle me with kid gloves. The expression literally means to handle someone with gloves made of very soft kid (young goat) leather. |
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