英语词汇fish or cut bait的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	fish or cut bait
词源	fish or cut bait. These words, associated with politics since the late 19th century, demand that someone “take a definite stand, take action instead of procrastinating, or else stop trying and give somebody else a chance to act.” Someone in a choice fishing spot on land or aboard a ship was possibly told to stop fooling around, to either drop his line in the water and fish, or cut the bait from his line and let another fisherman take his place.
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