Quoting%20commentary for Bava Kamma 83:2

רב טביומי משמיה דרבא אמר המית אמר ליה ברישא משל לצייד ששולה דגים מן הים משכח זוטרי שקיל משכח רברבי שדי זוטרי ושקיל רברבי

But R. Tabyomi, who in the name of Raba said that [the answer about] having killed [the man in the presence of one witness etc.] was given first, compares him to a fisherman who was catching fishes in the sea and when he caught little ones he took them, but when he [subsequently] caught big ones he threw away the little ones and took the big ones.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Here also when R. Eliezer subsequently found a better answer he withdrew the answer which he had given first. ');">²</span>

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