The jaws of death, defeat, etc. literary
This expression means a unpleasant or or undesirable situation almost occurs.
He snatched the win from the jaws of defeat with only one point more than his opponent.
As soon as we heard the noise, we ran out of the house and narrowly escaped from the jaws of death.
This idiom is often used to express that you should accept an unpleasant situation or event because you cannot change it.
When you experience extreme and undesirable situations, it is probably essential to take extreme actions
Once something has been done, you can do nothing but face the consequences.
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.