Arabic-L:TRANS:iron fist in a velvet glove

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Date: 18 Feb 2008
From:"Haroon Shirwani" <arabictutor at hotmail.com>
Subject:iron fist in a velvet glove

A colleague is looking for an Arabic equivalent for the expression  
"iron fist in a velvet glove". Any suggestions would be gratefully  
received.

Best wishes,
Haroon

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