"With a heavy hand" nghĩa là gì?

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"With a heavy hand" = với bàn tay nặng nề -> nghĩa là vụng về, nghĩa khác là hống hách hoặc nghiêm khắc, làm mạnh tay. 

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The museum won’t mark the floor with guides to keep people spaced, but will post recommended capacity numbers within spaces, “so they can see there are only supposed to be [for instance] five people in here, so if it’s good they can enter,” said Sharpe. “We didn’t want to hold anybody’s hand and say, ‘You have to go that way.’ There will be some self-governance (tự quản) , but we are not going to do it with a heavy hand.”

One can only hope the authorities (chính quyền) clamp down (tăng cường giám sát) with a heavy hand because this is about the future of the most popular sport in the state and also for all those thousands of children who would one day like to play like Mandar or even Maradona.

And he has done so with a heavy hand, frequently clashing (xung đột) with agency scientists and using the power of his position — the only Department of Interior political appointee outside of Washington — to intimidate those who are seen as standing in the way.

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