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fit like a glove
Idioms and Phrases
Be the right size and well suited; also, be in conformity with. For example, That position fits him like a glove . Tobias Smollett used this simile, rather incongruously, in Humphry Clinker (1771): “The boots ... fitted me like a glove.” [Second half of 1700s] Also see to a T .Example Sentences
Everything fit like a glove, and once again, Seven found herself in awe of her new friend’s talent.
“In the first few minutes, we realized our interests fit like a glove,” Nelson recalls.
That guilt would fade upon arriving at USC, where Dye has fit like a glove in Riley’s offense.
But I ended up having to go on, and the role fit like a glove.
"I think, though, he will do work to open space for other players on the team. He is a perfect fit - like a glove to a hand."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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