Lure Phrases

Phrases

• Alligator bait (a reference to the alleged practice of using black babies to lure alligators into traps)
• Bait and switch
• Click bait (an eye ctaching word or image on a website)
• Cut bait
• Draw a bead on
• Draw a blank
• Draw a line in the sand
• Draw a veil over
• Draw out
• Draw someone's fire
• Draw the line
• Draw to a close
• Draw your horns in
• Fish or cut bait
• Gateway product
• Invite someone over
• Jail bait
• Luck of the draw
• Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me (The Graduate)
• Opposites attract
• Quick on the draw
• Red herring
• Rise to the bait
• Sprat to catch a mackerel
• Take the bait
• Win lose or draw
• Wind someone up (deliberately draw attention to something that will create agitation)
• You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar