Persuasion

The company implemented a carrot-and-stick approach to boost employee performance by offering bonuses for meeting targets and issuing warnings for underperformance.

The manager offered the salesman a carrot in the form of a bonus if he could close the deal.

The company dangled a carrot in front of its employees by offering them a promotion if they met certain sales targets.

Please, talk sense!Your argument doesn't hold up under scrutiny.

快嘴, 骗子

The salesman was a fast talker who persuaded the old lady to buy a new washing machine.

推销员是一个能说会道的人，说服老太太买了一台新洗衣机。

I didn't want to go to the party, but my friends really twisted my arm until I agreed to join them.

If I don't agree with that five-year deadline, you start thrusting it down my throat.