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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Give up? #66994 04/26/2002 1:59 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 Helen, I believe the phrase (and a nice one it is indeed) is an iron fist in a velvet glove. bartleby: iron fist: Rigorous or despotic control: ruled the nation with an iron fist. You'll get over 3,000 hits if you google "iron fist" "velvet glove". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Do you know? JessCC 04/23/2002 5:05 PM Re: Do you know? Faldage 04/23/2002 5:26 PM Sorry, I forgot to add that..... JessCC 04/23/2002 5:31 PM Re: Sorry, I forgot to add that..... Faldage 04/23/2002 6:11 PM Re: Sorry, I forgot to add that..... consuelo 04/24/2002 2:42 AM Give up? JessCC 04/26/2002 6:32 AM Re: Give up? Faldage 04/26/2002 10:12 AM Re: Give up? of troy 04/26/2002 12:01 PM Re: Give up? Faldage 04/26/2002 12:20 PM Re: Give up? Keiva 04/26/2002 1:59 PM Re: Give up? ladymoon 04/27/2002 4:45 AM tilting at windmills wofahulicodoc 04/27/2002 1:13 PM Re: tilting at windmills maverick 04/27/2002 10:59 PM Re: tilting at windmills Faldage 04/29/2002 12:41 AM deceptively soft exterior wofahulicodoc 04/27/2002 11:06 PM Re: deceptively soft exterior belMarduk 04/28/2002 11:25 PM Re: deceptively soft exterior Wordwind 04/29/2002 12:44 AM Re: Give up? Geoff 04/29/2002 1:17 AM Re: Give up? ladymoon 04/27/2002 4:48 AM Re: Give up? JessCC 04/27/2002 12:32 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,401 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 23 A C Bowden 8 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,223 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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