Translation of "empty the stick " (English → French) :

empty the stick [ dump the stick ]

dump the stick | empty the stick

Definition: Personality disorder characterized by a definite tendency to act impulsively and without consideration of the consequences; the mood is unpredictable and capricious. There is a liability to outbursts of emotion and an incapacity to control the behavioural explosions. There is a tendency to quarrelsome behaviour and to conflicts with others, especially when impulsive acts are thwarted or censored. Two types may be distinguished: the impulsive type, characterized predominantly by emotional instability and lack of impulse control, and the borderline type, characterized in addition by disturbances in self-image, aims, and internal preferences, by chronic feelings of emptiness, by intense and unstable interpersonal relationships, an ...[+++]d by a tendency to self-destructive behaviour, including suicide gestures and attempts. | Personality (disorder):aggressive | borderline | explosive

Definition: Enduring personality change, present for at least two years, following exposure to catastrophic stress. The stress must be so extreme that it is not necessary to consider personal vulnerability in order to explain its profound effect on the personality. The disorder is characterized by a hostile or distrustful attitude toward the world, social withdrawal, feelings of emptiness or hopelessness, a chronic feeling of being on edge as if constantly threatened, and estrangement. Post-traumatic stress disorder (F43.1) may precede this type of personality change. | Personality change after:concentration camp experiences | disasters | prolonged:captivity with an imminent possibility of being killed | exposure to life-threatening situati ...[+++]ons such as being a victim of terrorism | torture

base end of the stick [ toe of the stick | toe of the hockey stick ]

sticking [ sticking in the house | staying in the house | hit-and-stay | hit-and-stick ]

to verify that the ballot box is empty,before the poll opens

the residual molecule sticks to the strips

defaecation | emptying the bowels

toe of the stick

With the department already publicly stating that the only real stick, to withhold or terminate funding, is essentially an empty threat, what would compel these few governments to do so?

As might be expected, the Americans are very likely to continue their legal wrangling. Does the Canadian government not understand that instead of sticking to its empty words—an example of which we have just heard—it needs to demonstrate its determination now by instituting the loan guarantees that everyone has been calling for since 2002?

In the early days of our hearings, the Committee operated under the illusion that there was at least some scrutiny of mail beyond random visual surveillance by postal employees emptying mailboxes (These people might be expected to be alarmed if a package broke open and exposed sticks of dynamite or something resembling a bomb, but not many parcels break open and the contents of those that do not are concealed).

The Liberals are like ostriches who stick their heads in the sand and are surprised when they pull them out to see boats landing empty at the docks.