Idiomatic Expression
- In the English language, using or wearing kid gloves speaks of a delicate situation or hard-to-handle person or group requiring discernment and special treatment--such as one would have to wear "kid gloves" (or white gloves) to authenticate that not even their hands and fingers were leaving smudges behind as they handled a precious object.
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