If an organization has a carrot and stick approach or policy, they offer people things in order to persuade them to do something and punish them if they refuse to do it. The government is proclaiming a carrot-and-stick approach to the problem
(Giyim) Slim-fit pants have a snug fit through the legs and end in a small leg opening. Jeans may be cut in this style, and then are often called skinny jeans. Other names for this style include carrot leg pants, cigarette pants, drainpipes, peg leg pants, pencil pants, skinny pants, slimjims, tapered pants, old-school hood jeans or ice-cream cone pants. In some styles, zippers are needed at the bottom of the leg to facilitate pulling them over the feet. Stretch denim, with anywhere from 2% to 4% spandex, may be used to allow jeans to have a super-slim fit
(deyim) Carrot and stick (also spelled "carrot-and-stick") is an idiom used to refer to the act of rewarding good behavior and punishing bad behavior. The carrot represents the edible reward, while the stick refers to a punishing switch. The earliest citation of this expression recorded by the Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary is to The Economist magazine in the December 11, 1948, issue. The Supplement also depicts a person trying to entice a donkey to move by dangling a carrot in front of it
promise of reward as in "carrot and stick"; "used the carrot of subsidized housing for the workers to get their vote"; orange root; important source of carotene perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical deep-orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant
a popular orange vegetable Also one of my favourite Discworld characters Captain of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch Cheery -- Discworld character One of my favourites, in fact One of few openly female dwarfs Cult of Lincoln -- my weblog, you twit Curtis (Cregan) -- Renata's favourite actor, I suppose He played Gordon, then Mark in the Benny Tour of Rent Watch his head change color here
(Daucus) An umbelliferous plant; in its wild form a wide-spread familiar weed and in cultivation valued for its yellowish edible root 18th century dictionaries described it as "orange or white, the former much used, the latter sweeter The seed should be rubbed before use to get rid of the husk "
A root vegetable, descended from the wild carrot (Queen Anne's Lace) which grows widely in fields and roadsides of northern temperate climates in both Europe and North America Both the root and the leafy stems of this vegetable are edible, highly nutritious and delicious PICTURE
This member of the parsley family has long green foliage and an edible orange root This very popular vegetable has been cultivated for over 2,000 years
Something that is offered to people in order to persuade them to do something can be referred to as a carrot. Something that is meant to persuade people not to do something can be referred to in the same sentence as a `stick'. They will be set targets, with a carrot of extra cash and pay if they achieve them Why the new emphasis on sticks instead of diplomatic carrots? see also carrot and stick = incentive. Herbaceous, generally biennial plant (Daucus carota) of the parsley family, that produces an edible globular or long taproot in the first growing season. Native to Afghanistan and neighbouring lands, it is grown extensively in temperate zones. It is a rich source of carotene. An erect rosette of feathery leaves develops above ground in the first season; the edible carrot is below. After a rest period at temperatures near freezing, large flower stalks arise, bearing large compound umbels