firm hand

*firm hand

Fig. [someone's] strong sense of management; a high degree of discipline and direction. (*Typically: exercise ~; have ~; need ~; take ~; use~.) I had to use a firm hand with Perry when he was a child. He had a problem with discipline.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Dagmara	-	Polish
Altti	AHLT-tee	Finnish
Ejvind	-	Danish
Lou	LOO (English)	English, French
Alajos	-	Hungarian
Graciana	grah-THYAH-nah (Spanish), grah-SYAH-nah (Latin American Spanish), grə-SYA-nə (Portuguese)	Spanish, Portuguese