单词 | hand and glove |
释义 | hand and gloveadj.adv. A. adj. = hand in glove adj. Frequently with with. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [adjective] > intimate or familiar > very intimate hand and glove1654 hand in glove1737 as great (or thick) as inkle-weavers1738 as thick as glue, as inkle-weavers, as peas in a shell, as (two) thieves1833 like that1925 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. x. 129 Such civiliz'd deportment, shews of Love, As Rock and Bad-face had been hand and Glove. 1680 R. Mansell Exact & True Narr. Late Popish Intrigue 103 Mrs. Cellier, to whom Mr. Willoughby was such a Croney, that they were hand and glove. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. li. 158 He undertook to make me acquainted with Earl Strutwell, who was hand and glove with a certain person that ruled the roast. 1780 W. Cowper Table Talk 173 As if the world and they were hand and glove. 1853 W. M. Thackeray Eng. Humourists vi. 314 [He] was hand and glove with some of the best men in town. 1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset I. xxiv. 206 He's not hand-and-glove with Lord Derby. 1890 M. Oliphant Kirsteen I. viii. 142 Everybody that's worth calling gentry will be going. You're hand and glove with all the clanjamfry. 1955 J. B. Cabell As I remember It xxvi. 175 He did speak rather often, it is true, as to the various exalted and celebrated persons with whom he was hand and glove. 2006 R. D. Smith in Freedom's Distant Shores vii. 154 Their positioning on this issue was hand and glove with Reagan administration policy. B. adv. = hand in glove adv. Frequently to go (also work) hand and glove with. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > [adverb] > intimately or closely > closely connected with near home1525 genuine to1659 hand and glove1774 1774 Morning Chron. & London Advertiser 20 Oct. Crimes and punishments go hand and glove. 1830 London & Paris Observer 26 Dec. 840/1 The next day Lady Luna was dispatched off to the cottage in grand style, there to live hand and glove with her supposed lover. 1895 Irish Monthly Mar. 143 He supposed she went hand-and-glove into those Union discussions with Mr. Carroll. 1922 Factory Nov. 562/2 In selling scrap metal the waste department works hand and glove with the purchasing department. 1999 T. O'Brien Cent. U.S. Capitalism in Lat. Amer. 105 A new, modern Latin American elite would work hand and glove with American corporate leaders. 2003 Toronto Star (Nexis) 12 July p4 These recreational amenities go hand and glove with that image and style. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.1654 |
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