to handle with kid gloves
1handle\ with\ kid\ gloves — • handle with (kid) gloves v. phr. informal 1. To treat very gently and carefully. An atomic bomb is handled with kid gloves. 2. To treat with great tact and diplomacy. Aunt Jane is so irritable that we have to treat her with kid gloves …
2handle with kid gloves — handle (someone) with kid gloves See at: treat with kid gloves …
3handle with kid gloves — ► handle (or treat) with kid gloves deal with very carefully. Main Entry: ↑kid …
4handle with kid gloves — verb handle with great care and sensitivity You have to handle the students with kid gloves • Hypernyms: ↑treat, ↑handle, ↑do by • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Somebody s somebody * * * …
5handle with kid gloves — verb (US) To treat something very delicately or carefully. The campaign staff cautioned the candidate to handle the issue with kid gloves …
6handle with kid gloves — be very careful handling someone or something He is very sensitive so you have to handle him with kid gloves when you speak to him …
7handle someone with kid gloves — handle/treat/someone with kid gloves phrase to treat someone in a very careful or gentle way, especially when this is not necessary I don’t expect to be treated with kid gloves, you know. Thesaurus: to treat someone with great care or… …
8handle (someone) with kid gloves — handle/treat (someone) with kid gloves to be very polite or kind to someone who is important or easily upset because you do not want to make them angry or upset. Linda can be a very difficult woman you ve really got to handle her with kid gloves …
9handle someone with kid gloves — handle (someone) with kid gloves See at: treat with kid gloves …
10handle somebody with kid gloves — handle/treat, etc. sb with kid ˈgloves idiom to deal with sb in a very careful way so that you do not offend or upset them Main entry: ↑kididiom …
