the gloves are off

Nghĩa

people are ready to fight or argue without holding back

Sẵn sàng đấu tranh hoặc tranh cãi không nương tay.

Ví dụ

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?

Ngữ pháp

Là một mệnh đề, thường đứng sau now, once hoặc when. are có thể đổi thành were; gloves luôn ở số nhiều. Cũng có take the gloves off.

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