kid glove

a glove made of kid leather.

handle with kid gloves, to treat with extreme tact or gentleness: He's upset, so handle him with kid gloves today.

Origin of kid glove

First recorded in 1705–15

Society, as we are all aware, has an irresistible attraction for the kid-glove playwright.

Ainslee's magazine, Volume 16, No. 2, September, 1905 |Various
It's all you could expect of one of them kid-glove fellers, to weaken when it came to serious business.

The Red Acorn |John McElroy
You high-tone, kid-glove Eastern towerists want to watch out who you go calling destitute.

Free Air |Sinclair Lewis
There was something genuine about him; after Wardrop's kid-glove finish, he was a relief.

The Window at the White Cat |Mary Roberts Rinehart

From the kid-glove amenities of Mr. Davitt to the aggressive harshness of Mr. Biggar was a sharp contrast.

The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent |S.M. Hussey

kid glove

a glove made of kidskin

handle with kid gloves to treat with great tact or caution

overdelicate or overrefined

diplomatic; tactful a kidglove approach