käsitellä silkkihansikkain

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Literally, to handle with silk gloves

Verb

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käsitellä silkkihansikkain

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) to handle with kid gloves, to walk on eggshells (handle very delicately or carefully)

Conjugation

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See käsitellä. silkkihansikkain is not inflected.