fit like a glove

English

Verb

fit like a glove (see inflection at fit)

(simile) To be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size.
This dress fits like a glove! How did you know my size?

Translations

to be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size

Finnish: sopia kuin valettu (idiomatic), sopia kuin nakutettu (idiomatic), sopia kuin nyrkki silmään (idiomatic, jocular)
French: aller comme un gant (fr)
Icelandic: falla eins og flís við rass (is)

Portuguese: servir como uma luva, cair como uma luva, caber como uma luva
Spanish: sentar como un guante, como anillo al dedo (es)
Swedish: passa som hand i handske

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