mailed fist

邮寄的拳头,邮递的拳头,邮寄拳头,拳头

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : superior force, especially military force, when presented as a threat: The country showed its mailed fist in negotiations.
- : brutal or naked power, especially coercive force: the mailed fist hidden in the velvet glove.

as iniron hand

Synonyms

The former believed in the role of the state as a provider, while the latter favored an iron fist approach to governance.
The conservative Christian group mailed out nearly one million cards to supporters calling on them to boycott Disney products.
The filled out pledge cards are then mailed back to voters shortly before Election Day as a way to remind them to vote.
La Barbie videotaped himself in the act of committing atrocities and mailed the evidence to The Dallas Morning News.
Last year he lunged at me with his fist and threatened to kill me again.
He shut his fist and hit Butterface a weak but well intended right-hander on the nose.
Aristide picked it up and began to dance and shake his fist at the invisible police.
She took to staring out across the grounds again, and one hand drew up slowly till it was doubled into a tight-shut little fist.
There was a picture of Madame Lebrun with Robert as a baby, seated in her lap, a round-faced infant with a fist in his mouth.
Once again, the strong, black fist was clinched in the approaching monster's face.