AN IRON FIST / HAND (IN A VELVET GLOVE)


Meaning of AN IRON FIST / HAND (IN A VELVET GLOVE) in English

if you use the words an iron fist / hand when describing the way that sb behaves, you mean that they treat people severely. This treatment may be hidden behind a kind appearance (the velvet glove ).

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.