| 词汇 | take the gloves off |
| 释义 | Idiom take the gloves off to argue or compete without controlling your actions or feelings.If they're willing to take their gloves off, US peanut producers could compete with anyone in the world. Usage notes: also used in the form with the gloves off: In this fearless essay, she goes at some respected poets with the gloves off. take the gloves offTo begin to behave in a more hostile or tenacious way. Usually used to describe a dispute or fight. The image is that of removing boxing gloves, which cushion the blows. It's time for the prosecution to take the gloves off and introduce their key witness. You can tell that she's taken the gloves off now—just look at the ferocity and focus in her eyes. take one's gloves offFig. to stop being calm or civil and show an intention of winning a dispute by any means. (As if boxers were to remove their gloves in order to inflict more damage. See also The gloves are off.) Both of them took their gloves off and really began arguing. |
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