The phrase, fits like a glove, means to fit perfectly, to be very appropriate for. It can be used to describe the fitting of clothing—such as for a dress or a shirt, or it can be used metaphorically, for descriptions of people and accusations:
The accusation of fraud fit him like a glove; he made a lot of money by lying to people.
A glove is an item of clothing worn to cover the hands, and gloves fit more precisely than most clothing—each finger must fit into place.
The phrase has been used this way since at least 1771 in England, when Tobias Smollett wrote that a boot fit him like a glove!
More Examples of “fit like a glove” in a Sentence
- The dress fit like a glove, almost as if it were made just for her.
- “Arrangement, to me, has to be part of the song itself, as if the two were made for each other at the moment that the writer wrote the song, and it should fit like a glove“.
- From the moment I met you, we fit like a glove.
- As you can see in the picture below, my iPod fits like a glove into the silicone case along with the battery pack.
- This is a name that fits like a glove for this place.