angle with silver hook

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• angle with a silver hook — a failed fisherman who buys his fish to take home, using silver coins in the past …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• catch fish with a silver hook —    obsolete    to pretend to have caught fish which you have bought    An expression among anglers, where such behaviour is opprobrious, as was that of the man who liked to shoot with a silver gun.    See also angle with a silver hook, which was… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• angle with a silver hook —    obsolete    to pretend to have caught a fish which you have bought    Not the behaviour of a sportsman or a gentleman. There followed some figurative use, to indicate willingness to accept a bribe …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

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