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kid gloves 

figurative gloves that you put on to treat someone or something carefully.
Tom felt like his uncle was wearing kid gloves when he treated him and his girlfriend to dinner.

Kid Gloves 

A euphemism meaning "one must handle carefully"
To treat someone with a different set of standards, different language, different expectations.
To soft-talk an individual, sparing them the gory details of reality.
Gotta use kid gloves on females, because they can't handle reality.
Kid Gloves by Phantom649 June 3, 2019

kid gloves 

A colloquial soccer term for a very young goalkeeper.
The goalkeeper was so young, the newspapers referred to him as Kid Gloves.
kid gloves by neilta August 23, 2009

kid gloves tough love

The version of tough love where the parent (typically) has to tippy-toe the tough love, rather than do smash-their-car- level tough love.

Variants: tippy-toe tough love Antonym: smash-their-car-level tough love
Child: Pick my hanger up
Parent: No
Child (still in bed at midday): But you knocked it down
Parent: Its for your own good. GET OUT OF BED AND PICK THE *** THING UP YOURSELF
Child: !
Parent: Kid gloves tough love, sweetie, kid gloves tough love

sans sheriff 

Lawless use of fonts or typography, with no regard to aesthetics or legibility
I'm putting this CV straight in the bin. Written totally sans sheriff.
sans sheriff by Jamarley July 3, 2019

Breadhead 

Someone who is addicted to obtaining money and building wealth. A money addict and fanatic. Breadheads often work more than one full-time job, and some even participate in illicit activities to "obtain the bread".
A breadhead is like a crackhead, but for money instead of crack.
Breadhead by 🅱️ U S 3 4 8 March 30, 2022