Question of the Day #1113

You paid a lot of money for it, so you’ve handled it with kid gloves, making sure to avoid scratches or scuffs.

From the 1st paragraph of this article at Fast Company.

  上記の文で、handle (something) with kid glovesの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "handle (something) with kid gloves" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

～を優しく［慎重に・丁重に・腫れ物に触るかのように］扱う、～を慎重に行う、（人）に優しく接する◆【直訳】（人）を小ヤギの皮製手袋で扱う

 

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

To handle with very gentle care, often to the point of coddling. Kid gloves are very soft leather gloves, typically made from the skin of a young goat (a "kid").

 

Examples

1. We'll need to handle the two parties in the merger with kid gloves—both clients are extremely sensitive.
2. They designed their latest smartphone to be very resistant to drops and bumps, so you never feel like you have to handle it with kid gloves.
3. I am from a culture where women are treated with kid gloves and not usually yelled at by strange men.
4. Apart from their immense natural beauty, perhaps one of the most exhilarating things about the national parks is that they do not treat visitors with kid gloves.
5. I wanted my mother to yell back at me, but she didn't. She turned to my father and spoke very slow. "I don't know," she said. "You raise them with kid gloves and then they walk all over you. What's the point?" She repeated "What's the point?" over and over as she left the room. —Judy Blume, Then Again, Maybe I Won't, 1986

   

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