Brewer's: Warm Reception

(A). A hot opposition. Also, a hearty welcome.

“The Home Rule members are prepared to give the Coercion Bill a warm reception; Mr. Parnell's followers will oppose it tooth and nail.” —Newspaper paragraph, May 19th, 1885.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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