handle with kid gloves
To treat very delicately or carefully, especially so as not to cause offense or…To treat (a person or a subject) very delicately or carefully, especially so as not to cause offense or controversy.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)To treat (a person or a subject) very delicately or carefully, especially so as not to cause offense or controversy.
The campaign staff cautioned the candidate to handle the issue with kid gloves.
mit Samthandschuhen anfassen, mit Glacéhandschuhen anfassen
- handle with great care and sensitivity
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From kid glove.From kid glove.
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Forms
handles with kid gloves, handling with kid gloves, handled with kid gloves, handled with kid gloves| Base form | handle with kid gloves · to handle with kid gloves |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | handles with kid gloves |
| Present participle | handling with kid gloves |
| Past simple | handled with kid gloves |
| Past participle | handled with kid gloves |
irregular
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | handle with kid gloves |
| he, she, it | handles with kid gloves |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | handled with kid gloves |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have handled with kid gloves |
| he, she, it | has handled with kid gloves |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will handle with kid gloves |
Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.