fit like a glove

Idioms  

1. 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.

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fit like a glove

"They made sure every number was perfect so my dress would fit like a glove," she says.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2025

That guilt would fade upon arriving at USC, where Dye has fit like a glove in Riley’s offense.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2022

But I ended up having to go on, and the role fit like a glove.

From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2022

If Chun is targeting someone with an Air Raid background, as well as a head coaching background, Littrell would fit like a glove.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 9, 2020

She took me to Downings, Vaults, the Woods, Delving, Cricklet, Tenners, Candlebear The names she gave them, nonsensical at first, fit like a glove when I finally saw what they described.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss