| 单词 | to rule with an iron fist |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto rule with an iron fist Used to denote firmness or ruthlessness in attitude or behaviour; oppressive force or authority. Frequently in to rule with an iron fist and variants. Cf. iron hand n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [noun] > instrument or symbol of yokeeOE rod of iron1526 iron fist1600 heel1601 millstonea1660 1600 T. Dekker Old Fortunatus sig. F2 I daunce and sing onely to anger griefe, That in that anger, he might smite life downe With his Iron fist. 1650 Man in Moon No. 57. 425 In vaine 'twill be for to resist, when Jove hath once decreed, He will strike home with Iron fist, and make proud Rebells bleed. 1765 G. Sims Addr. to People of Granville County in Amer. Hist. Rev. (1916) 21 331 I believe there are very few of you, who have not felt the weight of their Iron fists. 1819 Morning Chron. 27 Jan. Despotism was now by rapid strides endeavouring to grasp all in its iron fist. 1867 Hunt's Yachting Mag. Feb. 91 O'Sullivan governed his subjects with an iron fist. 1934 B. W. Maxwell Soviet State i. 14 Not until after the revolution of 1905 did the iron fist of autocracy relax its grip on this..extremely limited institution of local self-government. 1973 T. Crouse Boys on Bus i. vi. 136 Matty Troy..ran the Democratic Party of Queens with an iron fist. 2009 Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin) (Nexis) 18 June 13 Mother is icy Veronica.., who rules the household and her two mousy daughters with an iron fist. < as lemmas |
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