Phrases related to: retinal rod

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spare the rod and spoil the child	If one does not discipline a child, he or she will never learn obedience and good manners.	Rate it: (4.75 / 4 votes)
Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child	To give corporal punishment to someone in orders to make him learn something, or civilized him	Rate it: (1.00 / 2 votes)
rod for one's back	The means of one's own punishment or downfall.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
square rod	a unit of area used for measuring small quantities of land. Equal in size to a square with sides 1 rod in length. Equal to 30Â¼ square yards or 1/160 acre. Sometimes known, simply, as a rod.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
square rod	Used other than as an idiom: see square, rod.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
dead center	The position of the crank of a piston when it is in line with the connecting rod	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
il vous en garde une bonne (pop.)	He is keeping a rod in pickle for you.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
mener les gens à la baguette	To rule men with a rod of iron; To be a martinet.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
qui aime bien châtie bien	Spare the rod and spoil the child.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)