The authorities used quiet persuasion instead of the big stick.

当权者平心静气地劝说，而不是施加压力。

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They wrote the notice in big red letters so that it would stick out.

他们用红色大字写出通知，这样会显眼一些。

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One of them was the Big Turk, who tried to stick his big horns into all the others.

其中一个是“大嘴巴”，它总想用自己的角去顶撞别的山羊。

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He would use the big stick later.

VOA: special.2010.08.05

"Speak softly," the rule said, "and carry a big stick."

VOA: special.2010.08.05

Another path to consider (and one the Rowntree report disapproves of) is using the big stick.

ECONOMIST: Welfare to work

It can be no coincidence that Plaid chair John Dixon waves the big stick in his introduction to the 2005 conference.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Wales | Plaid problems overshadow future

Wielding the big stick will make the situation worse.

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