Concise English-Russian phrasebook.
hand\ and\ glove — • hand in glove • hand and glove adj or adv. phr. Very close or friendly; working together; in very close agreement or cooperation, especially for bad purposes. The Navy and the Coast Guard work hand and glove, especially in war time. Judges and… … Словарь американских идиом
hand and glove — UK US adverb US ► HAND IN GLOVE(Cf. ↑hand in glove) … Financial and business terms
To be hand and glove with — Glove Glove (gl[u^]v), n. [OE. glove, glofe, AS. gl[=o]f; akin to Icel. gl[=o]fi, cf. Goth. l[=o]fa palm of the hand, Icel. l[=o]fi.] [1913 Webster] 1. A cover for the hand, or for the hand and wrist, with a separate sheath for each finger. The… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To be hand and glove with — Hand Hand (h[a^]nd), n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[ o]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hin[thorn]an to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hand and glove — adverb in close cooperation they work hand in glove • Syn: ↑hand in glove, ↑cooperatively • Derived from adjective: ↑cooperative (for: ↑cooperatively) … Useful english dictionary
hand and glove — See: HAND IN GLOVE … Dictionary of American idioms
hand and glove — See: HAND IN GLOVE … Dictionary of American idioms
hand and glove — adverb see hand in glove … New Collegiate Dictionary
an iron hand in a velvet glove — something that you say when you are describing someone who seems to be gentle but is in fact severe and firm. To enforce each new law the president uses persuasion first, and then force the iron hand in the velvet glove … New idioms dictionary
glove — [OE] Not surprisingly, most words for ‘glove’ in European languages are related in some way to words for ‘hand’; German handschuh and Dutch handschoen, for example, mean literally ‘handshoe’; Greek kheirís was derived from kheíris ‘hand’; and… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
hand and glove — intimate, working together closely … English contemporary dictionary
