1. on the hook - Phrase
2. on the hook - Adjective Satellite
caught in a difficult or dangerous situation
Source: WordNetI cannot imagine that someone could go to Tõnismägi and in the darkness of the night, put the Bronze Soldier on the hook of the crane, and drive it away somewhere. This is not a solution acceptable for a constitutional state. Andrus Ansip
He puts his bones back on, Turning the clock back an hour. She knows flesh, that skin balloon, the unbound limbs, the boards, the roof, the removable roof. She is his selection, part time. You know the story too! Look, when it is over he places her, like a phone, back on the hook. Anne Sexton
Anybody that's asked, I've counseled that they not expand Medicaid eligibility. I've been critical of any expansion because you know what Washington does. It promises something for a finite period of time, and then it leaves you on the hook. Tom Price
Any fish is good if it is on the hook. Russian Proverb
On the hook of truth only small carp will bite; in the net of falsehood the big salmon are caught. Latvian Proverb
It's pointless to fish if there's no bait on the hook. Sicilian Proverb