Examples
“The decidedly noncompassionate phrase iron fist has not even the smooth qualifier that Thomas Carlyle reported in 1850 was used by the Iron Duke’s defeated rival: “Soft of speech and manner, yet with an inflexible rigour of command … ‘iron hand in a velvet glove,’ as Napoleon defined it.””
Simon & Schuster: The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time
“Mok's iron fist snapped out and twisted the youth's arm and he squealed.”
“Perhaps it was the combination of its location deep within England, its moat and hilltop site, its high walls and inner and outer baileys, but this place seemed like the iron fist of a fully armoured knight.”
“Beside him, his iron fist fell to the mud, once again just a motionless as C v”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘iron fist’.
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Public List: Body Metaphors
Phrases that use body parts metaphorically.
neck of the woods, bone of contention, mouth of a river, teeth of the storm, heart of the matter, foot of the bed, eye of the storm, dogleg hole, finger lakes, headwaters, foothills, knik arm and 212 more...
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Irony
A list about iron, irons, and irony.
iron, irons, irony, Jeremy Irons, ferritin, ferruginous duck, ferruginous, ironing, hematite, limonite, magnetite, taconite and 144 more...
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My Little Phonies
Names for the next generation of My Little Ponies. Inspired by Star's list.
juggernaught, flamboyant, cuddly maggot, astrobleme, agroof, windburn, poshlost, crucifer, feedbag, dunderwhelp, nebelwerfer, bliss ninny and 453 more...
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the one-two punch
short (mostly two-word) collocations, pat phrases, idioms &c. that I like
merry chase, glancing blow, beast mode, feedback loop, false flag, dear god, nothing human, deflector shield, hatchet job, not cricket, bang on, a tinker's damn and 250 more...
Tweets
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strev heavy handed Apr 2, 2009