Fur piece noun phrase
If you say fur piece, you mean the amount of space between two places or things is large.
You can't imagine how much endeavour it takes to finish a marathon race. You know, 26.2 miles is a fur piece!
It is a fur piece from my house to my school, so I would rather catch the bus than ride a bike.
I can't help but admire kids in this mountainous region for walking such a fur piece to school every day.
The origin of this idiom is not clear.
If you swallow the bait, you take something that someone offers you, or agree to do something that someone asks you to do without knowing that it is a trick or way of getting something from you.
You can't just do whatever he wants you to do. Don't swallow the bait.