carrot and stick en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From combining two ways to motivate a beast of burden, with the lure of a carrot placed just out of reach, and the threat of a stick behind.
Meanings
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(idiomatic) The simultaneous rewarding of good behavior and punishing of bad behavior.
It was this carrot and stick discipline to which Mr. John Mill was subjected, and which he accepted dutifully as flowing from that perfect wisdom of which up to this time his father had been the representative.
1876, Lord Blachford, “The Reality of Duty, as Illustrated by the Autobiography of Mr. John Stuart Mill”, in The Contemporary Review, page 523:the artful tactic of carrot and stick bore relatively plentiful fruit.
2008, Paul Lendvai with Ann Major, One Day that Shook the Communist World: The 1956 Hungarian Uprising and Its Legacy, page 227:The proposal to use the world trade order as a source of carrots and sticks for the pursuit of environmental objectives is based on three illusions.
2000, Anne O. Krueger with Chonira Aturupane, The WTO as an International Organization, page 225:There was no similar carrot and stick for use against the French land armaments.
1928, Joseph Montague with George Young, Freedom of the Seas, page 159:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stick and carrot | alternative | lexicographic | |
| carrots and sticks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (30)
ja アメとムチ (simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior) · it bastone e carota (simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior) · cmn 恩威並施 /恩威并施 (simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior) · el μαστίγιο και καρότο (simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior) · tr havuç ve sopa (simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior) · yue 恩威並施 /恩威并施 (simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior) · fa هویج و چماق (simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior) · ca bastó i pastanaga (simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior) · cmn 胡蘿蔔加大棒 /胡萝卜加大棒 (simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior) · de Zuckerbrot und Peitsche (simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior) · ga mealladh agus bagairt (simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior) · hu jutalom és büntetés (simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior) · yue 軟硬兼施 /软硬兼施 (simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior) · ar الْعَصَا وَٱلْجَزَرَة (simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior) · vi cây gậy và củ cà rốt (simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior) · fr la carotte et le bâton (simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior) · hu kalács és korbács (simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior) · et piits ja präänik (simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior) · ko 엿과 채찍 (simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior) · pl kij i marchewka (simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior) · cmn 軟硬兼施 /软硬兼施 (simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior) · az qamçı və kökə (simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior) · nb pisk og gulrot (simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior) · sv piska och morot (simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior) · az yerkökü və çubuq (simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior) · hy մտրակ և բլիթ (simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior) · hu mézesmadzag és korbács (simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior) · cs cukr a bič (simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior) · sv morot och piska (simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior) · fi keppi ja porkkana (simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior)