shake a stick at in English
threaten, intimidate; point out; quantify; name (usually used in the expression "more than one can shake a stick at");
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1. 23 There are more whisky distilleries in this part of Scotland than you can shake a stick at.
2. 26 The National Statistics Centre could have provided him with more information than he could shake a stick at.
3. He cleans the dip-stick under his armpit and tells us the car has more faults than he could shake a stick at.
4. 28 He cleans the dip-stick under his armpit and tells us the car has more faults than he could shake a stick at.