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Значение идиомы heavy-handed
[heavy-handed] {adj.} 1. Not skillful or graceful; clumsy.
George is heavy-handed and seldom catches the ball.
My sisterplays the piano badly; she is too heavy-handed.
Tim told aheavy-handed joke about the principal’s baldness that embarrassedeveryone.
2. Likely to hit or punish hard; harsh or cruel in making obey.
Years ago many fathers were heavy-handed bosses intheir homes.
Many American colonists believed that the English taxcollectors were too heavy-handed.
3. See: HAM-HANDED.
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