Question of the Day #1188

Corruption and conflict: hand in glove

From the headline of this article at NATO Review.

  上記の文で、hand in gloveの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "hand in glove" mean?

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解答

意味：
Weblioによると、

(…と)きわめて親しい間柄で、(特に悪事で)ぐるになって、結託して

   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

in extremely close relationship or agreement

 

Examples

1. The U.N. inspectors work hand in glove with the Western intelligence agencies.
2. They have been working hand in glove and are both to blame. The Guardian (2018)
3. It was rumoured at the time that some of the gangs were working hand in glove with the police.
4. On the Italian side of things, everyone knows that pizza is a hand in glove pairing with beer. — Bob Townsend, ajc, 16 Oct. 2019
5. Russia’s main security service, the F.S.B., worked hand in glove with the military and state television to project the illusion of success — and to conceal the dysfunction. —Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2022

   

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