kid gloves
plural noun
1Gloves made of fine kid leather.Come on, try and imagine me, Mike Da Hat, rock star, wearing white kid gloves and a pinny....
- The portrait of him in Plate V not only gives details of his club but also of the usual golfing attire, including the kid gloves with the fingertips cutoff, presumably for a better feel while taking a stroke.
- Placing her wide-brimmed chocolate velvet hat atop her head and tugging on her cream kid gloves, Rebecca took a deep breath for courage and strolled down the wide, sweeping staircase as though she hadn't a care in the world.
1.1 (also kid-glove) [as modifier] Used in reference to careful and delicate treatment of a person or situation: the star is getting kid-glove treatment...
- This kid-glove treatment of Wall Street crooks provides a profound example of how we continue to operate under two vastly different sets of rules in this country - one for a select group of elites and one for the rest of America.
- Dismissal from the premier competition is a high a price to pay for an ‘error’ in a year where others have been given the kid-glove treatment for similar transgressions.
- Someone who wasn't tiptoeing around me, and who didn't mind being angry at me - it was a breath of fresh air after all the kid-glove treatment.
Phrases
handle (or treat) someone/thing with kid gloves