Owwww. Margaret Atwood certainly has a way of shocking with language. In this case, turning what we thought we knew - a reasonably apt simile - eye of the needle fit - into something much worse. (Note the connotations of fish hook - bait, catch etc...)
Yep, love hurts.
You Fit Into Me - Margaret Atwood
you fit into me
like a hook into an eye
a fish hook
an open eye
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