English Dictionary

lay a glove on

動詞

否定形 広義

(boxing) To hit with a boxing glove. / (chiefly in the negative) To physically touch, especially in a way that causes hurt. / (by extension) To harm (someone's) reputation, to make an accusation stick.

日本語の意味

（ボクシングの文脈で）ボクシンググローブを用いて相手を殴る / （主に否定形で用いられる）身体に触れる、特に痛みを伴う形で触る / （転じて）誰かの評判を傷つける、告発が決定的になる

During the sparring session, he said he would lay a glove on his opponent to test the opponent's defense.

スパーリングの最中、彼は相手の防御を試すためにボクシンググローブで一発殴ると言った。

意味（1）

(boxing) To hit with a boxing glove.

“You were so good he couldn't lay a glove on you. You were terrific. He tired to hit you with his knockout punch but you skillfully avoided it - do you remember how his glove whistled harmlessly past your head?

意味（2）

(chiefly in the negative) To physically touch, especially in a way that causes hurt.

The blinking headlights in his rearview mirror indicated the driver's anger at almost being sideswiped. “Oh, get a grip on yourself,” Dave groused as he continued accelerating. “I didn't even lay a glove on ya,” he giggled.

意味（3）

(by extension) To harm (someone's) reputation, to make an accusation stick.

It was more than an anticlimax: it was a triumph for the President. “They didn't lay a glove on him,” Robert Bennett, his lawyer, told me. “On a scale of one to ten, it was a fifteen.”

意味（4）

To match, to provide with meaningful competition or be able to handle.

And I was dubious because I thought the problem was so huge that no small amount of money that we would put in this bill would lay a glove on the problem.

lays a glove on （ present singular third-person ）

laying a glove on （ participle present ）

laid a glove on （ participle past ）

laid a glove on （ past ）