[Vocabulary] hammered in the tackle

[constantinusphilo]

I heard someone say: "The geek was hammered in the tackle." What did he mean?

 

[Rover_KE]

Who said it, and in what context?

 

[constantinusphilo]

I don't remember the context.

 

[5jj]

Then it could mean that the boring computer nerd was hit repeatedly with a hammer while lurking behind the fishing equipment.

Or it could mean something else.

 

[probus]

Or it could mean something else.

I recall an episode of Blackadder in which Rowan Atkinson's character believes his superior officer has ordered him to expose his masculine organ. He asks for confirmation: "Tackle out, sir?"

 

[Rover_KE]

No context.

Thread closed.

 

[Tdol]

Unless the geek fished, I'd go with Probus' explanation.