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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Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2025

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

From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2022

In the commercials for her jeans, Vanderbilt just seemed to want women to feel comfortable in clothing that could fit like a glove — no matter their shape or size.

From Washington Post • Jun. 18, 2019

By late last season, Perry, a former 50-goal scorer, was on the third line, and Patrick Eaves fit like a glove beside Ryan Getzlaf.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2017

But later we would say, When it was finished, the dress fit like a glove.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner