spare the rod
Example Sentences
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No man is a hero to his valet, the saying goes, and Gates does not spare the rod.
From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2020
When in Rome, spare the rod and spoil the whole barrel.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 2, 2019
Reviewing the history of U. S. efforts at internationalism, Historian Beard does not spare the rod.
From Time Magazine Archive
Recent expropriations have forced Secretary of State Cordell Hull to face the question of whether the U. S. could continue to spare the rod without spoiling the neighbor.
From Time Magazine Archive
Love is a boy by poets stil'd; Then spare the rod and spoil the child.
From Hudibras by Butler, Samuel
