- Home
- Idioms
- carrot-and-stick
carrot-and-stick
carrot-and-stick
if you use a carrot-and-stick method to make someone do something, you both offer rewards and threaten punishments (always before noun) I've had to take the carrot-and-stick approach to disciplining my kids. The harder they work, the more money they get.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Meadhbh | | MAYV | Irish, Irish Mythology |
AslÖG | | - | Swedish |
Norton | | ['nɔ:tən] | |
MİThat | | - | Turkish |
Gnaeus | | GNIE-uws (Ancient Roman), NIE-əs (English) | Ancient Roman |
Lael | | - | Biblical |