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"Cut bait" isn't really a metaphor by this time; it's more an idiom that is based on a metaphor. It comes from "fish or cut bait", that is, either do one thing
by AnimalMuppet 2y ago
"Cut bait" isn't really a metaphor by this time; it's more an idiom that is based on a metaphor. It comes from "fish or cut bait", that is, either do one thing or the other. It means to stop being indecisive, to come to the point.
- hunter2_ 2y agoSeems analogous to "get off the pot" although glossing over the alternative is less common for this one.