get the hook

基本解釋

You don't get off the hook that easily.
可不能那么便宜了你。
Now, the important thing is to get the hook close to the fish.
現(xiàn)在，重要的是讓魚鉤靠近魚。
easier to blather on for an hour than talk for a tight 18 minutes knowing that if you go over, you (literally) will get the hook.
一小時(shí)的喋喋不休很容易，18分鐘的緊湊演講反而很難，因?yàn)槿绻兄貜?fù)段落，你就玩完了。

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