Fish or Cut Bait——作出抉擇

** caution against procrastination or indecisiveness（告誡不要拖延或猶豫不決）

** work, or quit and give someone else a chance（工作或退出而給別人一個機會）

** make swift decision, to act or not to act（迅速決定是否採取行動）

~~全力或放棄；作出抉擇；要麼全力以赴，要麼索性放棄；下定決心就別再動搖

~~ take it or leave it // shit or get off the pot // put up or shut up // sink or swim

!! On a fishing boats, if one is not going to fish, then cut bait for other fellow fishermen.

（在漁船上，如果某人不釣魚，那就為其他漁民切魚餌。）

!! Someone in a choice fishing spot on land or boat is told to either fish or cut the bait from his line and let another fisherman take his place.

（有人在陸地或船上找到釣魚點，被告知要麼就釣魚，要麼從他的魚線割下誘餌，讓另一個漁民來替代釣魚。）

>> Tony is not only the new chairman of a listed company, but also the most popular singer-songwriter. If he wants to be more successful, he can only choose one to concentrate on development, fish or cut bait, otherwise both will fail.

（東尼不僅是上市公司的新主席，而且是最受歡迎的唱作歌手，若他想要更加成功，他只能二擇其一專心發展，全力或放棄，否則兩者均會失敗。）

>> Jack still couldn't decide whether to pursue a master's degree or look for a job - it's time to fish or cut bait because the semester is about to begin.

（傑克仍無法決定攻讀碩士學位或尋找工作——是時候作出抉擇了，因為這個學期即將開始。）

學勤進修教育中心英語專科導師

李啟文 教授