handles with kid gloves
Approaches with care
To handle with kid gloves is to treat someone or something with extreme care or delicacy, avoiding anything that might cause offense or damage.
Kid gloves—made from soft young goat leather—were too fine for rough work: The new CEO handles the board with kid gloves.
The phrase often implies excessive caution or coddling.
- tactfulnessSkill in sensitive situations
- gentlenessSoft, kind demeanor
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- soft touchEasily persuaded person
- cautionCareful attention to risk
walking on eggshells · finesse · discretion · subtlety · coddle · gingerly · empathy · prudence · nurturing · fragile · with care · courtesy · politeness · sensitive · consideration · diplomatic · mindfulness · safeguarding
handles with kid glovesrakes over the coals
Criticizes someone harshly
throws to the wolves · manhandles · browbeats · steamrolls · bulldozes
handles with kid glovestells it like it is
Speaks with brutal candor
brutal honesty · calls a spade a spade · reads the riot act · dresses down · rips into
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