iron hand in a velvet glove
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a person who appears gentle and kind on the outside, but they are firm, resolute, and even ruthless in their actions
Idiom
Informal
أمثلة
The iron hand in the velvet glove approach seems to work best with this age group.
The patriarch has always been an iron fist in a velvet glove. Everything was smiles and sunshine in his family, unless you made the mistake of ever going against his wishes.
