Phrases. 1  fish or cut bait. 2  informal Stop vacillating and decide to act on or disengage from something. âwhen it comes to flagging brands, companies are being forced to fish or cut baitâ. âBy the second season of any TV show, you usually know if it's going to fish or cut bait.â.
Meaning and Origin Recorded as Larn, Larne, Larner, Lardner, and Lerner, this is usually a surname of English origins. It has at least three possible sources, each with its own distinct derivation. Firstly it may be an early medieval English occupational surname for a scholar or a schoolmaster, derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century word leornian.
[ 2 syll. rus-sel(l) , ru-sse-ll ] The baby boy name Russell is pronounced as R AH S-ehL â . Russell is used predominantly in the English, Irish, and Scottish languages. Its origin is Old French. The name means little ruddy one, little red-haired one.The first name is derived from the English surname, which originated as the nickname Rousel (Old French), itself a diminutive of the French 'rous', cognate with the Latin 'russus'.he short forms Rush and Russ, the diminutive Rusty, and the variant spelling Russel (used in Scottish as well) are other English forms. Lukela (Hawaiian) and Rosario (Italian and Spanish) are foreign variations of the name. Russell is a classic favorite.