rule with an iron rod 成语

hot rod

an automobile changed so that it can go very fast He has always loved cars and was a member of his local hot rod club when he was a teenager.

pack a rod

carry a hand gun, have a gun on a belt The boys knew that one of the students was packing a rod.

plug the product

(See put in a plug for)

rodchester

single armrest between two airplane seats The woman beside me rested her arm on the rodchester.

you and the horse you rode in on

you and your horse go, both you and your horse, screw you and the horse """Did you say I should leave?"" ""Ya, you and the horse you rode in on. Git!"""

Broderick

a thorough beating

Rodney King

1. Rodney King was beaten up by police when he was placed under arrest. The whole incident was videotaped, leading to the infamous "Rodney King trials", where the police officers were under trial for assault and battering. The outcome of the trial was not satisfactory to many people in LA, leading to the LA riots of 1992.
2. to pull a Rodney King: to initiate police brutality

Spare the rod and spoil the child

If you don't punish a child when he does wrong, you will spoil his character.

Lightning rod

Someone or something that attracts a lot of negative comment, often diverting attention from other problems, is a lightning rod.

Need no introduction

Someone who is very famous and known to everyone needs no introduction.

rule with an adamant rod

To rule, govern, or ascendancy a accumulation or citizenry with complete, about absolutist ascendancy over all aspects of life, work, etc. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "rule" and "with." He rules with an adamant rod, and moves apace to accretion ascendancy over any article that is not already in his grasp. She has disqualified this aggregation with an adamant rod for three decades, and it's activity to be difficult for her to let go of control.Learn more: iron, rod, rule

rule with an adamant hand/rod, to

Stern or absolutist rule. This appellation comes from Tyndall’s adaptation of the Bible (1526): “And he shall aphorism them with a rodde of yron.” It was after transferred to any affectionate of ascetic domination, either austere or ironic. For the latter, Anthony Trollope acclimated it in Barchester Towers (1857): “In affairs calm she . . . disqualified with a rod of iron.” Learn added iron duke (in a clover glove).Learn more: hand, iron, rule

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