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"etymology_text": "From kid gloves (made from the skin of a young lamb or goat), a particularly fine, soft material.",
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"_dis1": "89 11",
"word": "handle with kid gloves"
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"Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see kid, glove."
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"text": "to handle with kid gloves",
"type": "example"
},
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"text": "He's usually very sensitive about this sort of thing; make sure you put on your kid gloves before you see him.",
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"ref": "2005, Jeffrey John Kripal, Glenn W. Shuck, On the Edge of the Future: Esalen and the Evolution of American Culture, page 154",
"text": "His friend Penny Vieregge provided a glimpse into his actual experience when she described the \"incredible fragility\" in Dick at the time, \"like fine, fine, porcelain. . . . I wanted to put on kid gloves and be there in case the shattering came.\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2008, Barbie Jones, The Power to Choose - A Victim No More, page 44",
"text": "This time around the enemy took off the kid gloves. He saw that his previous plans to destroy me had failed. Instead of sending boys to do a man's job, he sent a man that he knew would win me over.",
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{
"ref": "2009, In The Loop, BBC Films",
"text": "Malcolm: Be gentle with them.\nJamie: Oh, you know me Malc. Kid gloves, but made from real kids.",
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},
{
"ref": "2023 March 15, Kevin Roose, “GPT-4 Is Exciting and Scary”, in The New York Times",
"text": "Unlike Bing, GPT-4 usually flat-out refused to take the bait when I tried to get it to talk about consciousness, or get it to provide instructions for illegal or immoral activities, and it treated sensitive queries with kid gloves and nuance.",
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"A metaphorical representation of careful handling."
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"(figurative, usually in the plural) A metaphorical representation of careful handling."
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"sense": "metaphor for careful handling",
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"plural"
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"word": "silkkihansikkaat"
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"sense": "metaphor for careful handling",
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"sense": "metaphor for careful handling",
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]
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"text": "to handle with kid gloves",
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"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2005, Jeffrey John Kripal, Glenn W. Shuck, On the Edge of the Future: Esalen and the Evolution of American Culture, page 154",
"text": "His friend Penny Vieregge provided a glimpse into his actual experience when she described the \"incredible fragility\" in Dick at the time, \"like fine, fine, porcelain. . . . I wanted to put on kid gloves and be there in case the shattering came.\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2008, Barbie Jones, The Power to Choose - A Victim No More, page 44",
"text": "This time around the enemy took off the kid gloves. He saw that his previous plans to destroy me had failed. Instead of sending boys to do a man's job, he sent a man that he knew would win me over.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2009, In The Loop, BBC Films",
"text": "Malcolm: Be gentle with them.\nJamie: Oh, you know me Malc. Kid gloves, but made from real kids.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2023 March 15, Kevin Roose, “GPT-4 Is Exciting and Scary”, in The New York Times",
"text": "Unlike Bing, GPT-4 usually flat-out refused to take the bait when I tried to get it to talk about consciousness, or get it to provide instructions for illegal or immoral activities, and it treated sensitive queries with kid gloves and nuance.",
"type": "quotation"
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],
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "metaphor for careful handling",
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"plural"
],
"word": "silkkihansikkaat"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "metaphor for careful handling",
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"masculine"
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"word": "Samthandschuh"
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{
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "metaphor for careful handling",
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"word": "Glacéhandschuh"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "metaphor for careful handling",
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"word": "silkesvante"
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"word": "kid glove"
}
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