get your bait back

Just about recoup your expenditure. An old New England fisherman's expression for barely making expenses. Some who caught just enough fish to sell to compensate for the day's expenses was said to have gotten his bait back.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Irina	ee-REE-nah (Russian), EE-ree-nah (Finnish)	Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Romanian, Finnish, Georgian
Fyfe	-	Scottish
Sarah	SER-ə (English), SAR-ə (English), ZAH-rah (German)	English, French, German, Hebrew, Arabic, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Whittaker	['hwitəkə]
Liber	LIE-bər (English)	Roman Mythology
Yosef	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew