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Originally Posted by sambistapt  Hello amigos!
Joe´s been devasted for being dumped by Jane, He wants to reel his wife back in. ( Jane is his wife)
What´s this expression exactly mean?
Thanks,
Sam |
It's making a comparison to fishing. I suspect that it means that he thinks that she still loves him, at least somewhat and that given that, there's still a "line" [fishing line] connecting the two of them and that he can reel her in like a fish.
Maybe, it's ideas like that that made her leave.