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- stick to beat (someone or something) with
stick to beat (someone or something) with
stick to beat (someone or something) with
Something, often a mishap or misdeed, that is used as an excuse for criticism. Primarily heard in UK. Even the slightest mistake by Stan was enough to give the boss a stick to beat him with.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Hagar | | HAY-gahr (English) | Biblical, Biblical Hebrew |
| Prescott | | ['preskət] | |
| KristÍNa | | - | Slovak |
| Blanch | | BLANCH | English |
| Edgar | | ED-gər (English), ed-GAHR (French) | English, French |
| Geoffrey | | JEF-ree (English), zhaw-FRE (French) | English, French |