单词 | iron rod |
释义 | > as lemmasiron rod b. figurative and in figurative contexts, as a symbol of power or tyranny. Frequently in rod of iron, iron rod (in allusion to Revelation 2:27; see quot. 1526); cf. iron n.1 1b. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > [noun] > symbols of power hornc825 rod1526 fascesa1625 society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [noun] > instrument or symbol of yokeeOE rod of iron1526 iron fist1600 heel1601 millstonea1660 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rev. ii. 27 He shall rule them with a rodde of yeron. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 887 That Golden Scepter..Is now an Iron Rod to bruise and breake Thy disobedience. View more context for this quotation 1717 in G. Lamoine Charges to Grand Jury (1992) 84 His Religion commanded him to govern Protestants with a Rod of Iron. c1761 T. Gray Elegy xii, in Poems (1768) 113 Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd. a1771 T. Gray Ess. I in W. Mason Mem. Life & Writings (1775) 197 Proud of the yoke, and pliant to the rod. 1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 275 Here Justice..High wields her balance and her rod. 1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab v. 65 The iron rod of penury still compels Her wretched slave to bow the knee to wealth. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xxvi. 437 They would fall only under the rod of less scrupulous conquerors. 1909 R. Kane Serm. of Sea vi. 89 They are all defiled, down-thrown, hurled from their high place to cower..under the rod of sin. 1964 M. L. King Strength to Love (1969) v. 54 For more than three centuries American Negroes have been battered by the iron rod of oppression. 1997 Daily Express 19 Feb. 23/1 They are more likely to behave like dictators, ruling their employees with a rod of iron. < as lemmas |
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