a firm hand

Meaning

1. strong control or discipline

   Those children need a firm hand to make them behave.

In the movies · 4

• Just needs a firm hand, is all.Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix2007
• She needs a firm hand, Sherlock. Miss Harrison, where is she?Enola Holmes2020
• I mean, your firm is hands down the Rolls Royce of local real estate firms and your personal sales record is...American Beauty1999
• It's grand to be an Englishman in 1910 King Edward's on the throne It's the age of men I'm the lord of my castle The sovereign, the liege I treat my subjects servants, children, wife With a firm, but gentle hand Noblesse oblige It's 6:03, and the heirs to my dominion are scrubbed and tubbed And adequately fed And so I'll pat them on the head and send them off to bed Ah, lordly is the life I leadMary Poppins1964

Learn it in full scenes

• Enola Holmes2020
  • Enola Confronts Her Brothers
  • Enola Decodes Her Mother's Message
  • Enola Hides on the Train
• American Beauty1999
  • Brad Warns Lester to Save His Job
  • The Burnhams' Cold Dinner
  • Jim and Jim Welcome the Fitts

From the same entry

• be on firm ground
• take a firm line
• hold firm
• stand fast
• firm up
• firm up