ça mord

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa mɔʁ/

Phrase

ça mord

1. (fishing) something is biting; is something biting?

   Alors, ça mord ?

   So, anything biting?

   Chut ! Ça mord !

   Shush! There's a bite!

   • 1833, Bureaux de l'administration, Musée des familles‎^[1], page 99:

     Je crois que ça mord, Suzel, disait Frantz, sans aucunement lever les yeux sur la jeune fille.

     "I think that something's biting, Suzel," said Frantz, without actually raising his eyes to the young girl.