the gloves are off

含义

people are ready to fight or argue without holding back

准备毫无顾忌地争斗.

例句

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?

语法

完整的分句，常用在 now、once 或 when 之后。are 可变为 were；gloves 保持复数。也可说 take the gloves off。

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