Have you ever heard the expression “No pain no gain?” To gain means ‘to get something desired,’ ‘to improve, or advance,’ ‘to obtain as a profit,’ and…
Bait is food, such as worms or bread or some substitute put onto a hook and used for fishing and, figuratively, anything used for tempting someone. In some parts of the US, a bait is a large quantity of something. As a verb, to bait means ‘to prepare a hook with bait,’ ‘to entice by deception,’ ‘to tease,’ and also ‘to torment with vicious remarks’…
