Proverbs 26:3 - 12 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of «fools». (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
But stick to it, and the cuts that became a rod for their back at the election will continue until the government finally collapses. (politics.co.uk)
I was prepared that some would accuse me of airing our dirty laundry in public — saying that this is just the way things are done in the Indigenous world and that I'm just making another rod for our backs with which non-Indigenous people can beat us up. (humanrights.gov.au)