iron handn.

Brit.

/ˌʌɪən ˈhand/, U.S.

/ˌaɪ(ə)rn ˈhænd/

Forms: see iron adj. and hand n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: iron adj., hand n.

Etymology: < iron adj. + hand n.

1. Used to denote firmness or ruthlessness in attitude or behaviour; oppressive force or authority. Cf. iron fist n.Formerly proverbially in collocation with leaden feet (see quots. ?1570 and 1661).

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society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [noun]

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aggravation1481

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iron heel1798

the mind > emotion > compassion > pitilessness > [noun] > remorselessness

iron hand?1570

remorselessness1639

?1570 T. Drant Two Serm. ii. sig. L.ii^v But it is truely sayd of God, that as he hath leaden feete, so he hath iron handes.

1603 H. Chettle Englandes Mourning Garment sig. F4^v Inuading Lords raigne with an yron hand.

1661 T. Grenfield Fast 6 It adds wings to the leaden feet of vengeance, and sets on work her iron hands.

1703 N. Rowe Fair Penitent v. i. 1790 I have held the Ballance with an Iron Hand.

1754 S. Fielding & J. Collier Cry II. iii. xiv. 200 The general outcry for impartiality, hath opened a field for mankind..to suppress with an iron hand every inlet to mercy.

1817 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. Aug. 184/1 This warlike chief returned to Amrutsir..after having, with an iron hand, oppressed and pillaged almost every Pergunnah.

1886 Pop. Sci. Monthly Oct. 805 This isolation drives servants to self-defense against the iron hand of control on the part of masters and mistresses.

1912 L. Haines Law Making in Amer. i. 5 Reed ruled over the refractious few with an iron hand.

1988 F. Weldon Leader of Band iv. 27 Let the spies report back any sign of real unrest..and the iron hand descends.

2002 Dreamwatch Sept. 91/2 Cornell has considerable imagination and talent, but needs the iron hand of a good editor.

2. Australian Politics slang. A series of measures introduced in the Victorian Assembly in 1876 by Premier James McCulloch in response to obstruction of parliamentary business by the opposition party; spec. a standing order allowing questions to be put to the vote without prior debate (also called closure). Cf. stonewall n. 2b. Now historical and rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [noun] > specific method of dealing with business

iron hand1876

compartment1893

1876 Victorian Hansard 20 Jan. 2002 They [sc. the Government] have dealt with the Opposition with a velvet glove; but the iron hand is beneath, and they shall feel it.

1876 Argus (Melbourne) 22 Jan. 5/1 They had been told there was an iron hand in store for them which would crush the representatives of the people.]

1876 Argus (Melbourne) 28 Jan. 4/7 The Opposition resisted the motion as an attempt to gag hon. members, and as the first instalment of the iron hand.

1876 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 574 This state of things had existed for several weeks when Sir James McCulloch resolved to display the ‘iron hand’ and break down the ‘stone wall’.

1883 G. W. Rusden Hist. Austral. III. 406 The clôture, or the ‘iron hand’, as McCulloch's resolution was called, was adopted in Victoria, for one session.

1906 Commonw. Austral. Parl. Deb. 29 5784/1 When Sir William McCulloch introduced the ‘gag’—which was then called ‘the iron hand’—in the Victorian Assembly, forty-one members voted in favour of it.

1965 B. Mansfield Austral. Democrat i. 24 The colony had to resign itself to a politics of deadlock, to Berry's ‘stonewall’ and McCulloch's ‘iron hand’.

Phrases

In collocation with velvet glove, denoting firmness or ruthlessness masked by apparent gentleness or tractability. Cf. velvet glove n. at velvet n. Compounds 4a and iron fist n. Phrases. [The attribution to Emperor Paul I of Russia in quot. 1815 is not supported by any evidence, as are the more usual attributions to either Napoleon or Emperor Charles V.]

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1815 Monthly Rev. 78 App. 461 He [sc. Paul I] was accustomed to say that the ‘Russians could be kept at their duty only by an iron hand covered by a velvet glove’.

1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets ii. 8 Soft of speech and manner, yet with an inflexible rigour of command..‘iron hand in a velvet glove’, as Napoleon defined it.

1925 P. G. Wodehouse Carry on, Jeeves i. 14 You have to keep these fellows in their place, don't you know. You have to work the good old iron-hand-in-the-velvet-glove wheeze.

1941 S. Wood Murder of Novelist (1946) xvi. 123 She..runs the town..with an iron hand. And no nonsense about a velvet glove.

1963 Times 2 Feb. 7/2 Mr. Winston Field, who has so far shown only the velvet glove since he was elected Prime Minister.., today revealed the iron hand expected of a Rhodesian Front Government.

2006 Taos (New Mexico) News 11 May (Tempo Mag.) 43/2 It may be time to put a velvet glove on that iron hand and soften your touch.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	iron hand
释义	iron handn. Brit. /ˌʌɪən ˈhand/, U.S. /ˌaɪ(ə)rn ˈhænd/ Forms: see iron adj. and hand n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: iron adj., hand n. Etymology: < iron adj. + hand n. 1. Used to denote firmness or ruthlessness in attitude or behaviour; oppressive force or authority. Cf. iron fist n.Formerly proverbially in collocation with leaden feet (see quots. ?1570 and 1661). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [noun] threat971 duressc1320 defoulc1330 tyrantry1340 tyrannyc1368 oppressinga1382 overleadinga1382 tyrandisea1382 overlayingc1384 oppression1387 oversettinga1398 thronga1400 overpressingc1450 impressionc1470 tyrantshipc1470 tyrannesse?a1475 aggravation1481 defouling1483 supprissiona1500 oppressmentc1537 conculcation1547 iron hand?1570 thrall1578 tyrannizing1589 tyranting1596 ingrating1599 pressure1616 regrate1621 overpressure1644 slavishness1684 iron heel1798 the mind > emotion > compassion > pitilessness > [noun] > remorselessness iron hand?1570 remorselessness1639 ?1570 T. Drant Two Serm. ii. sig. L.ii^v But it is truely sayd of God, that as he hath leaden feete, so he hath iron handes. 1603 H. Chettle Englandes Mourning Garment sig. F4^v Inuading Lords raigne with an yron hand. 1661 T. Grenfield Fast 6 It adds wings to the leaden feet of vengeance, and sets on work her iron hands. 1703 N. Rowe Fair Penitent v. i. 1790 I have held the Ballance with an Iron Hand. 1754 S. Fielding & J. Collier Cry II. iii. xiv. 200 The general outcry for impartiality, hath opened a field for mankind..to suppress with an iron hand every inlet to mercy. 1817 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. Aug. 184/1 This warlike chief returned to Amrutsir..after having, with an iron hand, oppressed and pillaged almost every Pergunnah. 1886 Pop. Sci. Monthly Oct. 805 This isolation drives servants to self-defense against the iron hand of control on the part of masters and mistresses. 1912 L. Haines Law Making in Amer. i. 5 Reed ruled over the refractious few with an iron hand. 1988 F. Weldon Leader of Band iv. 27 Let the spies report back any sign of real unrest..and the iron hand descends. 2002 Dreamwatch Sept. 91/2 Cornell has considerable imagination and talent, but needs the iron hand of a good editor. 2. Australian Politics slang. A series of measures introduced in the Victorian Assembly in 1876 by Premier James McCulloch in response to obstruction of parliamentary business by the opposition party; spec. a standing order allowing questions to be put to the vote without prior debate (also called closure). Cf. stonewall n. 2b. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [noun] > specific method of dealing with business iron hand1876 compartment1893 1876 Victorian Hansard 20 Jan. 2002 They [sc. the Government] have dealt with the Opposition with a velvet glove; but the iron hand is beneath, and they shall feel it. 1876 Argus (Melbourne) 22 Jan. 5/1 They had been told there was an iron hand in store for them which would crush the representatives of the people.] 1876 Argus (Melbourne) 28 Jan. 4/7 The Opposition resisted the motion as an attempt to gag hon. members, and as the first instalment of the iron hand. 1876 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 574 This state of things had existed for several weeks when Sir James McCulloch resolved to display the ‘iron hand’ and break down the ‘stone wall’. 1883 G. W. Rusden Hist. Austral. III. 406 The clôture, or the ‘iron hand’, as McCulloch's resolution was called, was adopted in Victoria, for one session. 1906 Commonw. Austral. Parl. Deb. 29 5784/1 When Sir William McCulloch introduced the ‘gag’—which was then called ‘the iron hand’—in the Victorian Assembly, forty-one members voted in favour of it. 1965 B. Mansfield Austral. Democrat i. 24 The colony had to resign itself to a politics of deadlock, to Berry's ‘stonewall’ and McCulloch's ‘iron hand’. Phrases In collocation with velvet glove, denoting firmness or ruthlessness masked by apparent gentleness or tractability. Cf. velvet glove n. at velvet n. Compounds 4a and iron fist n. Phrases. [The attribution to Emperor Paul I of Russia in quot. 1815 is not supported by any evidence, as are the more usual attributions to either Napoleon or Emperor Charles V.] ΚΠ 1815 Monthly Rev. 78 App. 461 He [sc. Paul I] was accustomed to say that the ‘Russians could be kept at their duty only by an iron hand covered by a velvet glove’. 1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets ii. 8 Soft of speech and manner, yet with an inflexible rigour of command..‘iron hand in a velvet glove’, as Napoleon defined it. 1925 P. G. Wodehouse Carry on, Jeeves i. 14 You have to keep these fellows in their place, don't you know. You have to work the good old iron-hand-in-the-velvet-glove wheeze. 1941 S. Wood Murder of Novelist (1946) xvi. 123 She..runs the town..with an iron hand. And no nonsense about a velvet glove. 1963 Times 2 Feb. 7/2 Mr. Winston Field, who has so far shown only the velvet glove since he was elected Prime Minister.., today revealed the iron hand expected of a Rhodesian Front Government. 2006 Taos (New Mexico) News 11 May (Tempo Mag.) 43/2 It may be time to put a velvet glove on that iron hand and soften your touch. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1570
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