the gloves are off

Значение

people are ready to fight or argue without holding back

Теперь спорят или борются в полную силу.

Примеры

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?

Грамматика

Целое предложение, часто после now, once или when. are может меняться на were; gloves — во множественном числе. Есть и вариант take the gloves off.

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