单词 | to fit like a glove |
释义 | > as lemmasto fit like a glove f. Phrases: to fit like a glove: to fit or suit perfectly. to handle without gloves: to treat severely or without mercy; so to handle with gloves off, etc. †not to set at a glove: to contemn utterly. to go for the gloves (Horse Racing): to bet recklessly. to take the gloves off: to ‘set to’ in earnest; to use no mercy (cf. sense 2). Also hand and glove adj. and adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > utterly to set not a cherry, curse, a fly, a haw, a mite, an onion, (etc.) at, by, ofc1374 not to set at a glovec1430 not to care (three skips of) a lousea1592 to have no use for1596 to have no (a lot of, etc.) time for1901 the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > be suitable, appropriate, or suit [verb (intransitive)] > suit exactly to fit like a glove1771 society > authority > strictness > make more strict or severe [verb (transitive)] > be severe upon to be sharp upon1561 to come down1611 to be severe on (or upon)1672 spitchcock1674 to handle without gloves1827 to handle with gloves off1828 to catch or get Jesse1839 to jump upon1868 to give (one) snuff1890 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > be harsh or severe upon [verb (transitive)] to be sharp upon1561 to come down1611 to be severe on (or upon)1672 spitchcock1674 to sit hard on1715 to handle without gloves1827 to handle with gloves off1828 to catch or get Jesse1839 to jump upon1868 to give (one) snuff1890 to give (a person) the works1901 hardball1984 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet [verb (intransitive)] > type of betting run or throw a levant1714 levant1797 to pound it1819 field1860 to go for the gloves1861 to buy money1906 plunge1939 to bet like the Watsons1949 (to bet (etc.)) on the nose1951 the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > be resolute or determined [verb (intransitive)] > be in earnest to take the gloves off1922 c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) iv. ix. 180 I hatte jolyfnesse þe lyghte..þat sette nouht alle daungeres at a glooue. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 28 The boots..fitted me like a glove. 1827 A. Sherwood Gazetteer Georgia 94 Marion County has been handled without gloves. 1828 Richmond (Va.) Enquirer 20 May 3/4 The Baltimore Republican handles Mr. C[lay]with gloves off. 1838 J. C. Neal Charcoal Sketches 217 I'll give you a touch of natur' without no gloves on. 1861 G. J. Whyte-Melville Market Harborough 74 It won't be my fault to-morrow if I don't ‘go for the gloves’, as we used to say in the Old Country. 1876 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 389 Boccaccio must be read in his Italian, as Cervantes in his Spanish: the Language fitting either ‘like a Glove’ as we say. 1886 Earl of Suffolk & Berkshire & W. G. Craven in Earl of Suffolk et al. Racing & Steeple-chasing (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 77 The whole legion of stable-followers is ‘going for the gloves’. 1886 Earl of Suffolk & Berkshire & W. G. Craven in Earl of Suffolk et al. Racing & Steeple-chasing (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 255 Hardly worth mentioning are the backers who come in for a hit-or-miss dash at the ring—‘to go for the gloves’, as it is called in Turf parlance. 1892 Nation (N.Y.) 5 May 345/2 The prophets and practitioners of the naturalistic school..are here handled without gloves. 1922 S.P.E. Tract (Soc. for Pure Eng.) No. XI. 15 Dead metaphors lately noticed:.. The flower of our manhood. Taking off the gloves. 1928 Daily Express 21 Mar. 1/1 It is time, Mr. Mayor, that we took the gloves off and showed the County of London Electric Supply Company that we will fight. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Sept. 669/4 Like Lewis Carroll, who was too polite to ‘take the gloves off’ in his assault on ‘Hiawatha’. 1934 J. E. Neale Queen Elizabeth xii. 199 At still greater length, in caustic tones, and with many shrewd hits, Mary answered. The gloves were off. < as lemmas |
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