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a carrot and stick a stick to beat with a stick-in-the-mud a sticking point be as thin as a stick be jolly hockey sticks carrot-and-stick get [a lot of etc.] stick get on the stick get the short end of the stick get the wrong end of the stick Hands up! have stick in craw have words stick in throat hide head in the sand in a cleft stick Let the cobbler stick to his last make stick more than can shake a stick at more than one can shake a stick at Mud sticks not hold a stick to on the stick poke nose in poke nose into put foot in mouth

put head above the parapet put in in two penn'orth put nose in put oar in Put that in your pipe and smoke it! put the knife in put two fingers up at short end of the stick Shove up your arse! stand out a mile stand out like a sore thumb stick around stick at stick by stick down stick in stick in craw stick in gullet stick in mind stick into stick it out stick it to stick man stick neck out stick nose up in the air stick on

stick out stick out a mile stick out against stick out like a sore thumb stick out to stick shift stick through stick to stick to fingers stick to guns stick to knitting stick to ribs stick together stick tongue out stick up stick up for stick with stick with it stick-in-the-mud Sticks and stones may break my bones sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me sticks in the/ mind That's my story and I'm sticking to it Throw dirt enough, and some will stick up sticks