the gloves are off

뜻

people are ready to fight or argue without holding back

사정없이 맞붙어 싸울 태세가 되다.

예문

1. 1Both candidates for head of year have stopped being polite: the gloves are off.
2. 2Once the neighbours started parking across our drive, the gloves were off.
3. 3My sister and I share a room, and since she borrowed my jeans without asking, the gloves are off.
4. 4The two coffee chains used to ignore each other, but since one started copying the other's menu, the gloves are off.
5. 5Is it true that the gloves are off between the two bakeries on the high street?

문법

절로 쓰며, 흔히 now, once, when 뒤에 온다. are는 were로 바뀔 수 있고, gloves는 복수로 쓴다. take the gloves off라고도 한다.

비슷한 뜻