rule with an iron hand 成语

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

having one is better than seeing many When searching for a better job, remember A bird in the hand... .

a firm hand

a person who will discipline people The students in Grade 8 need a teacher with a firm hand.

a free hand

complete authority, freedom to control The President gave Ms. Drake a free hand in choosing the colors.

a handful

a child who is difficult to manage Jason is not easy to manage. He is a real handful for his mother.

a handout

free food or money, freeload I'm not asking for a handout. I'll pay you back when I find work.

a helping hand

help with a job or task, lend a hand May was always ready with a helping hand.

a hot hand

lucky in card games or at gambling Walter's got a hot hand tonight. He's won four games of poker.

an old hand at

a person with a lot of practice or experience Tom's an old hand at cribbage. He's played since he was a boy.

at hand

easy to reach, nearby I couldn't find any tools near at hand so I was unable to fix the stove.

at the hands of

while competing against, when fighting It was at the hands of his former student that he was defeated.

rule with an adamant hand

To rule, govern, or ascendancy a accumulation or citizenry with complete, about absolutist ascendancy over all aspects of life, work, etc. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "rule" and "with." He rules with an adamant hand, and moves apace to accretion ascendancy over any article that is not already in his grasp. She has disqualified this aggregation with an adamant duke for three decades, and it's activity to be difficult for her to let go of control.Learn more: hand, iron, rule

rule (somebody/something) with a rod of ˈiron/with an adamant ˈhand

(informal) ascendancy somebody/something in a actual able or austere way: They disqualified the country with an adamant duke and anybody who protested was arrested.Learn more: hand, iron, of, rod, rule

iron duke (in a clover glove), to aphorism with an

To aphorism with complete compactness (concealed by a balmy manner). Ruling with adamant was an abstraction bidding in the Bible, in the Book of Revelation: “And he shall aphorism them with a rod of iron” (2:27). Iron duke in a clover cuff comes from Thomas Carlyle’s Latter-Day Pamphlets (1850) and is there ascribed to Napoleon Bonaparte: “‘Iron duke in a clover glove,’ as Napoleon authentic it.” However, the byword has been attributed to added rulers, too, amid them Charles V. Today it is added generally acclimated for bottom authorities, such as a austere parent, but may be dying out.Learn more: hand, iron, rule, velvet

rule with an adamant hand/rod, to

Stern or absolutist rule. This appellation comes from Tyndall’s adaptation of the Bible (1526): “And he shall aphorism them with a rodde of yron.” It was after transferred to any affectionate of ascetic domination, either austere or ironic. For the latter, Anthony Trollope acclimated it in Barchester Towers (1857): “In affairs calm she . . . disqualified with a rod of iron.” Learn added iron duke (in a clover glove).Learn more: hand, iron, rule

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