take off the gloves

基本解释

The city officials will take off the gloves tomorrow when the tax amnesty period ends.
一旦纳税特赦时间终止时，市政官员明天将要采取行动了。
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When we make contradiction with others, we'll take off the gloves or turn hostility into friendship?
当自己与别人发生矛盾时，我们是不依不饶呢，还是化干戈为玉帛呢？
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Encountered on the street elders, superiors, even though there is no need to take off their coats, but it must be easy to take off the hat, gloves off, and then salute.
在大街上遇到长辈、上司，尽管没有必要脱下大衣，但必须将容易脱掉的帽子、手套摘下，然后施礼。

It is even prompting some of them to take off the kid gloves with which they normally handle relations with the neighbourhood giant.
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We should give the Israeli government the green light to take the gloves off and break the backs of Arafat's terrorist cells.
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With the president apparently ready to take the gloves off, that battle will be rough—and maybe worse than that.
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