He took the bait perfectly, and was soon engaged in an affair with her.
Scaly oddities trawled up from seas around Greenland since 1992 include the Atlantic football fish, a type of anglerfish that lures prey by waggling its fleshy "bait."
The Bulgarian has struggled to make an impact in Serie B this term and Corvino intends to use the striker as bait in negotiations for transfer targets during the summer.
Policymakers need to lay the factual groundwork with voters before setting out their plans; but with the breakneck speed of the news-cycle, it is hard for politicians not to take the populist bait.
Because when you fish without bait, people don't bother you and neither do the fish.
People were capturing the crabs and selling them as bait for the more profitable eel and whelk fisheries.
Some question his judgment in falling for America's trickery; greed or boredom do not really explain why he took the bait.
A fish nibbles at the bait.
A bait shop is a virtual candy store for a turtle.
Create some link bait - Make sure your content is so fascinating or funny that people will want to tell others about it.
The hungry rat ravened down the poison bait.
They are disgusting bottom-dwellers, and if that isn't the lowest of the low, they also have a spine that doubles as bait for prey.
Salesmen use so-called free gifts as bait and publicists use them as bribes; the wealthy can make "gifts" to their children, or to charities, with no more noble motive than saving tax.
May also refer to inadvertent snagging when sport fishing with a bait or lure, the fish being hooked on some body part outside the mouth.
His bait of choice was a Grizzly jig tipped with a small minnow.
Most Sorrento fishermen head out with lobster traps and fresh bait.
When he saw Raven, the old man shook his fist at him. “Why did you take my bait?” he cried.
He said: "One day, I was sitting there waiting for a fish to eat my bait for hours and was starving. "Suddenly, I realised fish don't die from eating worms so I shouldn't either.
As proud as I am that my son is tech savvy like his daddy, it's equally important to me that he have analog skills: the ability to bait a hook, start a fire, clean a gutter.
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