get the stick Thành ngữ, tục ngữ

carrot and stick

promising to reward or punish someone at the same time The government took a carrot and stick approach to the people who were illegally protesting against the construction of the dam.

dipstick

a person who seems to be stupid, dimwit When Todd is nervous, he acts like a dipstick - like a fool.

fiddlesticks

oh no, darn, nuts, rats, shucks Fiddlesticks! I forgot to get the mail!

have sticky fingers

be a thief He was fired because of his sticky fingers at the cash register.

more than you can shake a stick at

a lot, too many, oodles Alfreda has more cats than you can shake a stick at - over 30!

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short end (of the stick)

unfair, unequal treatment He always gets the short end of the stick when he is at work.

short end of the stick

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stick around

stay or wait nearby We decided to stick around after the game to talk for awhile.

stick in my craw

irritate me, get to me That decision really sticks in my craw. How could he sell Gretzky?

get the stick

To be punished or reprimanded in some way. Physical abandon is usually not involved, admitting the phrasing. Boy, we absolutely got the stick from Professor Adams afterwards he heard us talking during his lecture. We're absolutely activity to get the stick from the bang-up if we duke this address in late.Learn more: get, stick

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step on the gas step on their toes step out of line step/tread on one step up step up to the plate stew in one stick around stick in my craw stick-in-the-mud stick it out stick it up your ass stick my neck out stick one stick out like a sore thumb stick (someone) with stick them up get the party started get the picture Get the picture? get the pluck up (to do something) get the point get the push get the royal treatment get the run of (some place) get the runaround get the sack get the shaft get the shakes get the shit kicked out of (one) get the shit knocked out of (one) get the shivers get the shock of (one's) life get the short end get the short end of the stick get the shove get the show on the road get the silent treatment get the sniffles get the snuffles get the spunk up get the spunk up (to do something) get the stick get the stuffing kicked out of (one) get the stuffing knocked out of (one) get the third degree get the time get the upper hand get the upper hand on (someone or something) get the vapors get the W get the weather gage of (someone or something) get the whetstone get the whip hand get the wind knocked out of (one) get the wind up (one) get the wooden spoon get the word get the worst of (something) get the worst of it get the wrinkles out get the wrinkles out (of something) get the wrong end of the stick get the wrong idea (about someone or something) get the/a hard sell get thee behind me get there get there (the) firstest with the mostest