单词 | mailed fist |
释义 | mailed fist 1. superior force, esp. military force, when presented as a threat: The country showed its mailed fist in negotiations. 2. brutal or naked power, esp. coercive force: the mailed fist hidden in the velvet glove. [1895-1900] |
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