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05-18-2008, 05:54 PM | #226 |
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carrot and stick
That's what I always thought, but we discussed it at length sometime ago and I was overruled.
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05-18-2008, 06:02 PM | #227 |
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'I could eat the guts of low flying duck' - meaning if the duck flies to low, I'll reach up and bite it as it flies over...at least, that's what I've always thought it means.
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05-18-2008, 07:47 PM | #228 |
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Me too. To the extent I have now described a political party as being more about the stick than the carrot. Not a bad phrase, but certainly doesn't fit with my original understanding of the term.
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05-19-2008, 01:13 PM | #229 |
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wait? what? I thought the carrot was representative of positive reinforcement and the stick negative???
Unless the carrot is tied to the stick just out of reach in which case I agree as the "beast of burden" moves toward the carrot it remains out of reach. Those are two different things though.
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05-19-2008, 01:39 PM | #230 |
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It can refer to two different things.
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Am currently hiding in my bedroom whilst Mom & Popdigr are being
Auntiedigr was talking about someone when I overheard: Quote:
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10-03-2016, 10:10 AM | #233 |
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I hear a saying in North Carolina once in a while. He has more money than Van Camps has beans. Anything can be used besides the word money . Children, cars, land, homes, even cats.
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10-03-2016, 04:26 PM | #234 |
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"He's got more _____ than Carter's got pills."
A reference to Carter's Little Liver Pills. I'm sure I didn't have to explain Carter's Little Liver Pills for you and Bruce, Tarheel...
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10-03-2016, 04:36 PM | #235 |
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Yes, I know that expression well.
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