velvet glove

collocation in English

meaningsofvelvetandglove

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velvet
adjective
uk
/ˈvel.vɪt/us
/ˈvel.vət/
made ...
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glove
noun[C]
uk
/ɡlʌv/us
/ɡlʌv/
a piece of clothing that is worn on the hand and wrist for warmth or protection, with separate parts for ...
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(Definition ofvelvetandglovefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The document is a mailed fist in avelvetglove.
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Despite thevelvetglovelanguage, it would be difficult to find a more direct and straightforward indictment of regional policy than that.
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Those debates are not so much about principle; they are about timing—when it is appropriate to use the mailed fist or thevelvetglove.
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There are some situations that one handles with avelvetgloveand others to which one is inclined to use a sledge hammer.
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This policy, on which world peace will depend, requires thevelvetgloveof diplomacy and the iron hand of force, in that order.
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The figures prove beyond any doubt that thevelvetglovetreatment of recent years has not worked.
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It is, indeed, an example of the iron hand without even the courtesy of avelvetglove.
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Fourthly, along with the iron fist there needs to be offered, above all by policemen themselves, thevelvetgloveof friendship.
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I have heard their tactics described as the iron fist in thevelvetglove.
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It is like the difference between the iron fist and thevelvetglove.
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I always think it better to start with the persistence, even though perhaps thevelvetglovedoes on occasion wear thin.
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The iron hand was there with thevelvetgloveover it.
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He was sincere and compassionate; he had the right amount of iron in thevelvetglove; he exuded sensibility and tolerance.
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He is a man of strong and forthright speech; avelvetglovebut a steel hand are obvious.
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She is always a model of sweet reasonableness, but this time thevelvetgloveconcealed an iron hand from somewhere else.
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I am asked whether there is not grave discourtesy to trustees in making a request to them which it is felt carries something of the iron in thevelvetglove.
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Will he not, therefore, reconsider his decision and move in that direction, otherwise his proposals look very much like a limp hand in avelvetglove?
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I think the role is much more important than has been supposed and that, although the authority may have avelvetglove, it must have a mailed fist inside it.
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An iron fist is needed to dig coal, certainly, but it is quite clear that novelvetgloveneed now be part of conventional dress at the negotiating table.
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