rise to the bait
American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms:
Top
rise to the bait
Be tempted by or react to an enticement, as in We told him there'd be lots of single young women at the party, and he rose to the bait. Likening a fish rising to bait to human behavior dates from the late 1500s.
Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:
Copyrights:
American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Read more
Mentioned in
bait
(Idiom)
get a rise out of
(Idiom)
rise
(Idiom)
Faust
(1994 Avant-garde / Experimental Film)
Elles N'Oublient Jamais
(1994 Thriller Film)
» More