a mailed glove

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• mailed fist — Someone who rules or controls something with a mailed fist is in absolute control and tolerates no dissent. A mailed fist in a velvet glove is used to describe someone who appears soft on the outside, but underneath is very hard. Iron fist is an… …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• mailed fist — noun Etymology: translation of German gepanzerte faust : armed or overbearing force : power, violence this was my first experience with a mailed fist clothed in the kid glove G.B.Oxnam * * * 1. superior force, esp. military force, when presented… …   Useful english dictionary

• mailed fist — 1. superior force, esp. military force, when presented as a threat: The country showed its mailed fist in negotiations. 2. brutal or naked power, esp. coercive force: the mailed fist hidden in the velvet glove. [1895 1900] * * * …   Universalium

• mailed fist —    Someone who rules or controls something with a mailed fist is in absolute control and tolerates no dissent. A mailed fist in a velvet glove is used to describe someone who appears soft on the outside, but underneath is very hard. Iron fist is… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• Mailed fist —   Someone who rules or controls something with a mailed fist is in absolute control and tolerates no dissent. A mailed fist in a velvet glove is used to describe someone who appears soft on the outside, but underneath is very hard. Iron fist is… …   Dictionary of English idioms

• gauntlet — I. /ˈgɔntlət / (say gawntluht) noun 1. a medieval glove, as of mail or plate, to protect the hand. 2. a glove with a cuff like extension for the wrist. 3. the cuff itself. –phrase 4. take up the gauntlet, to accept a challenge, originally to a… …  

• gauntlet — I gaunt•let [[t]ˈgɔnt lɪt, ˈgɑnt [/t]] n. 1) her a mailed glove worn with a suit of armor to protect the hand 2) clo a glove with an extended cuff 3) clo the cuff itself • take up the gauntlet throw down the gauntlet Etymology: 1375–1425; late ME …   From formal English to slang

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