the gloves are off
/ðə ˈɡlʌvz ər ˈɒf/INFORMAL · C1
SA FILIPINO
Walang direktang katumbas
Literal na kahulugan: «tinanggal na ang guwantes»
Kahulugan
people are ready to fight or argue without holding back
Handa nang lumaban o makipagtalo nang walang pagpipigil.
Mga halimbawa
- 1Both candidates for head of year have stopped being polite: the gloves are off.
- 2Once the neighbours started parking across our drive, the gloves were off.
- 3My sister and I share a room, and since she borrowed my jeans without asking, the gloves are off.
- 4The two coffee chains used to ignore each other, but since one started copying the other’s menu, the gloves are off.
- 5Is it true that the gloves are off between the two bakeries on the high street?
Grammar
Isang clause, kadalasang kasunod ng now, once o when. Maaaring maging were ang are, at nananatiling plural ang gloves. Ginagamit din ang take the gloves off.
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