handle with kid gloves

Definitions

To treat (a person or a subject) very delicately or carefully, especially so as not to cause offense or controversy.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“The campaign staff cautioned the candidate to handle⟳ the issue⟳ with kid gloves.”

“He does not trifle with them, or handle⟳ them with kid gloves. No, he judges them to be the scum of the earth, and he treats them accordingly by putting them away.”

“[Richard] Ingrams has always enjoyed a reputation for insensitivity. As with other columnists in the British press⟳, he treads on toes to make⟳ his point⟳ and rides roughshod over issues that others handle⟳ with kid gloves, or avoid⟳ altogether.”

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