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The simultaneous rewarding of good behavior and punishing of bad behavior.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
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Antonyms: none provided
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.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
الْعَصَا وَٱلْجَزَرَة
(al-ʕaṣā wa-l-jazara)
— simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior
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Armenian:
մտրակ եւ բլիթ
(mtrak ew blitʻ)
— simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior
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Azerbaijani:
yerkökü və çubuq
— simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior
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Azerbaijani:
qamçı və kökə
— simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior
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Catalan:
bastó i pastanaga
— simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior
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Chinese Cantonese:
軟硬兼施 /软硬兼施
(jyun5 ngaang6 gim1 si1)
— simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior
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Chinese Cantonese:
恩威並施 /恩威并施
(jan1 wai1 bing6 si1)
— simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior
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Chinese Mandarin:
胡蘿蔔加大棒 /胡萝卜加大棒
(húluóbo jiā dà bàng)
— simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior
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Chinese Mandarin:
軟硬兼施 /软硬兼施
(ruǎn-yìng jiānshī)
— simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior
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Chinese Mandarin:
恩威並施 /恩威并施
(ēnwēibìngshī)
— simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior
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Czech:
cukr a bič
— simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior
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Estonian:
piits ja präänik
— simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior
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Finnish:
keppi ja porkkana
— simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior
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French:
la carotte et le bâton
— simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior
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German:
Zuckerbrot und Peitsche
— simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior
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Greek:
μαστίγιο και καρότο
(mastígio kai karóto)
— simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior
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Hungarian:
mézesmadzag és korbács
— simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior
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Hungarian:
jutalom és büntetés
— simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior
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Irish:
mealladh agus bagairt
— simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior
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Italian:
bastone e carota
— simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior
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Japanese:
アメとムチ
(ame to muchi)
— simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior
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Korean:
엿과 채찍
(yeot-gwa chaejjik)
— simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior
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Norwegian Bokmål:
pisk og gulrot
— simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior
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Persian:
هویج و چماق
(havij o čomâq)
— simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior
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Polish:
kij i marchewka
— simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior
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Swedish:
morot och piska
— simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior
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Swedish:
piska och morot
— simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior
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Turkish:
havuç ve sopa
— simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior
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Vietnamese:
cây gậy và củ cà rốt
— simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior
