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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: fish or cut bait #73935 06/22/2002 10:30 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA Geoff old hand Geoff old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA Hi, REDBLUE! I've always understood it to mean cut the bait off and quit pretending to fish. It suggests a half-hearted attempt, IMHO. I think its implication is similar to "poop or get off the pot," or, more recently, "hang up and drive!" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted fish or cut bait redblue 06/22/2002 9:22 PM Re: fish or cut bait Geoff 06/22/2002 10:30 PM Re: fish or cut bait wwh 06/22/2002 10:37 PM Re: fish or cut bait modestgoddess 06/25/2002 5:48 AM Re: fish or cut bait Wordwind 06/25/2002 9:15 AM Post deleted by Geoff Geoff 06/25/2002 1:36 PM Re: fish or cut bait zootsuit 06/27/2002 2:19 AM Re: fish or cut bait wwh 06/27/2002 2:39 AM Re: fish or cut bait Keiva 06/27/2002 2:42 AM Re: fish or cut bait wwh 06/27/2002 2:49 AM Re: fish or cut bait inselpeter 06/27/2002 10:42 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,312 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 22 A C Bowden 10 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,158 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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