hand-in-glove

hand in glove

In close association or collaboration (with someone or something). Our art and marketing departments always work hand in glove to make sure all the campaigns are consistently designed. It turns out that the doctor and the pharmaceutical company have been hand in glove for years, conspiring together to push expensive medications on patients regardless of their actual need.
See also: glove, hand
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

hand-in-glove

mod. suiting one another naturally. These two go hand-in-glove.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • hand in glove
  • hand and glove
  • hand and glove with (someone or something)
  • hand in glove with (someone or something)
  • work hand and glove with (someone or something)
  • work hand in glove with (someone or something)
  • glove money
  • pile on the work
  • pile the work on
  • the Sun Belt
References in periodicals archive
For decades, the ACLU has worked hand-in-glove with the National Lawyers Guild, officially cited by a committee of Congress as "the foremost legal bulwark of the Communist Party." Both of these groups have been striving since the early 20th century to undermine all U.S.
Bill of rights' implausible defenders: don't look to the ACLU and its left-wing allies to defend your liberty and the constitution against the encroaching police state. (On the Home Front)