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I've always assumed the carrot & stick approach referred to a system of motivating by reward. In other words the carrot is dangled in front of the donkey via a long stick, and it strives to reach it.
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Yes
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'I know that place like the back of my hand' - when very few of us know the backs of our hands that well, and where would such a saying have come from anyway??
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If something appeared or started to grow on the back of your hand wouldn't you notice? It means being able to spot any change right away.
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Jesus H. Christ on a pogo stick
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Heretic
...the H is added to skirt taking the name of the Lord in vain.
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open up a can of worms...and then what happens?
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They wiggle off in every direction at once and you have a big confusing mess.
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quiet as a mouse...I hear them all the time.
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But not running their mouths off, just the noise of doing what they do.