释义 |
the mailed fistThe use of physical force to maintain control: the country’s leadership has shown its continued reliance on the mailed fist...- Those original six are represented on the squadron's badge - the mailed fist apparently symbolises the first CO Lt Cdr R.F. Walker (apparent a ‘robust’ individual) and five clouds stand in for those five pilots.
- Soft talk or big stick, carrot and stick, accept the velvet glove or face the mailed fist.
- The balance of the country's history - before and after independence - is overwhelmingly weighted in favour of the mailed fist rather than the velvet glove.
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