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FishidiomsThis month we are looking at some general fish idioms.
There are plenty more fish in the sea
There are lots of other men/women to go out with.
Something people say to someone who has just
split up with a girlfriend or boyfriend.
“Don’t worry about Jim. There are plenty more fish
in the sea.”
Fish for compliments
To try to make someone say good things about you.,
often by criticising yourself
A: Do I look fat in this dress? B: No, of course not.
Are you fishing for compliments?
Be another kettle of fish
If you say that something (or someone) is“another
kettle of fish”, you are saying that it (or he/she) is
completely different.
“I’ve driven a scooter before, but riding on that 600 cc
motorbike is a completely different kettle of fish.”
A queer fish
This means a“strange person”.
“He washes his hands about thirty times a day. He’s a
bit of a queer fish.”
Smell fishy
If a situation or an explanation“smells fishy”, you
think that someone is being dishonest.
“Jim’s version of events smells a bit fishy to me – I
think he was the one who did it.”
Fish for information
To try to obtain information.
A: How much does Bob earn each year?
B: Why? Are you fishing for information?
i see a new
family moved
in next door
to you.
Will i ever
love again?
I’m just a bit
eccentric,
that’s all.
what do you
expect me
to say?
it all smells a
bit fishy to me.
GLOSSARY
to split up with exp
to separate; to stop going out with
someone
a compliment n
a nice comment on someone’s
clothes/appearance/abilities, etc
a kettle n
a metal container used for boiling
water – often water for making tea
Fishidioms
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