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Gill hook
Hello,
Could you, please, explain me, what a "gill hook" is. I found it in the following sentence where it is used rather as a metaphor:
"The clergyman had not reached the word voyage before he yelped, and then I understood Monsieur, who was smiling in the most amiable way imaginable, had his hand like a gill hook in the chaplain's flesh."
It seems to me like a fishing tackle, but I don't know what exactly it means.
Thank for your help.
Could you, please, explain me, what a "gill hook" is. I found it in the following sentence where it is used rather as a metaphor:
"The clergyman had not reached the word voyage before he yelped, and then I understood Monsieur, who was smiling in the most amiable way imaginable, had his hand like a gill hook in the chaplain's flesh."
It seems to me like a fishing tackle, but I don't know what exactly it means.
Thank for your help.
Top answer
I am not much of a fisherman, but have fished once or twice! A fish has gills for breathing. Usually the fisherman wants the hook to catch a fish in the lower jaw.
- I am not much of a fisherman, but have fished once or twice!
- A fish has gills for breathing.
- Usually the fisherman wants the hook to catch a fish in the lower jaw.
- The fish suffers the least from this type of catch.
- When the fish swallows the hook, it is quite difficult to remove so the fish can be released.
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I am not much of a fisherman, but have fished once or twice!
A fish has gills for breathing.
Usually the fisherman wants the hook to catch a fish in the lower jaw. The fish suffers the least from this type of catch. When the fish swallows the hook, it is quite difficult to remove so the fish can be released. I think that a "gill hook" refers to this type of deep-seated hook.
A fish has gills for breathing.
Usually the fisherman wants the hook to catch a fish in the lower jaw. The fish suffers the least from this type of catch. When the fish swallows the hook, it is quite difficult to remove so the fish can be released. I think that a "gill hook" refers to this type of deep-seated hook.
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