Fish or cut bait: Difference between revisions

Fish or cut bait (view source)

2 bytes removed , 17 September 2021

no edit summary

82,891

edits

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 {{a|negotiation|
-[[File:shark pot.jpg|450px|thumb|center|Eytmology corner: Originally, “cut bait” referred to cutting up the bait into portions suitable for a hook, so the expression really means “make yourself useful for crying out loud”. Latterly it has come to mean “cutting one’s fishing line” — giving up the fish altogether. So, “crap, or get off the pot”.]]
+[[File:shark pot.jpg|450px|thumb|center|Eytmology corner: Originally, “cut bait” referred to cutting up the bait into portions suitable for a hook, so the expression really means “make yourself useful for crying out loud”. Latterly it has come to mean “cutting one’s fishing line” — giving up the fish altogether. So, “crap, or get off the pot”.]]}}“[[Use it or lose it]]”, in the vernacular.
-}}
-“[[Use it or lose it]]”, in the vernacular.
 To carry on the rugby {{t|metaphor}}, when you have a good maul going forward, but momentum stalls and it looks like someone might have their hands on your ball, you might call “[[fish or cut bait]]!” to stop an untriggered [[termination event]] hovering indefinitely over you and freaking your out your investors.