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French
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Verb
aller comme un gant
- (simile, transitive with à) to fit like a glove
- Synonyms: aller à merveille, aller à ravir
- (intransitive, simile) to go smoothly
- Synonym: aller comme sur des roulettes
1837, Honoré de Balzac, Histoire de la grandeur et de la décadence de César Birotteau, parfumeur, adjoint au maire du deuxième arrondissement de Paris, chevalier de la Légion d’honneur:Oh ! dans le commerce, c’est bien différent, et surtout dans la parfumerie, où tout va comme un gant, dit le petit vieillard avec un sourire aigre.- Oh, in business it is quite different, and particularly in the perfume business, where everything goes smoothly, said the short old man with a sour smile.
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