Everyday English
like it's made of glass
very carefully
If you handle something like it's made of glass, you handle it very carefully because it could easily break or be damaged.
Hear it in real life
Why are you barely touching the old photographs?
I'm treating them like they're made of glass because they're so delicate.
He carries his new laptop like it's made of glass.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: He treats the camera as if it was made by glass.
Say: He treats the camera like it's made of glass.
The comparison uses “made of glass” to describe careful handling, not “made by glass.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
hold something like it's made of glass; treat something like it's made of glass
Your turn: say it out loud
He carries his new laptop like it's made of glass.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
like it's made of glass
very carefully
“He carries his new laptop like it's made of glass.”
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