keep A at the stick's end
A(人)を敬遠する,うとんじる,A(人)によそよそしくする
more than one can shake a stick at A
((略式))数えきれないほどのA,非常に多いA
on the stick
((米俗))油断[抜け目]のない;機敏な
Sticks and stones may [can] break my bones(, but words [names] will [can] never hurt [harm] me).
((略式))棒や石なら痛いけど,言葉[名前]なら痛くない(◆子どもがけんかで言う)
to sticks (and staves)
粉々に;さんざんに;破滅[零落]して;落ちぶれて
up sticks
((英略式))引っ越す