angle with a silver hook用银钩钓鱼，得不偿失

【使用地区】：英国

【释义】：

An old British expression without much currency in America．An unlucky fisherman who fails to catch anything doesn’t want to go home emptyhanded．Thus when he buys fish(with silver coin，in past times)to conceal his abject failure，he is said to angle with a silver hook．

这是英国古老的表达方式，在美国很少听到。一个不走运的渔夫没捕到鱼，但又不想空手回家，为了掩盖其窘相，去买了一些鱼(在古代得用银角子去买)，故人们说他是“用银钩钓鱼”。