feed the fishes

slang To drown. Primarily heard in UK. We've got a search party out there right now, but I'm getting more and more worried about some of our guys feeding the fishes. If you can't swim, it's only a matter of time till you feed the fishes!

feed the fishes

1 be dead from drowning. 2 vomit over the side of a boat. informal

See also: feed, Fishes

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

See also:

chip
chips
up on (one's) ear
Two Bob
(as) dead as mutton
mutton
dead as mutton
drown the shamrock
one of the boys
one of the lads

References in classic literature

He cut the boar's throat as he spoke, whereon Talthybius whirled it round his head, and flung it into the wide sea to feed the fishes. Then Achilles also rose and said to the Argives, "Father Jove, of a truth you blind men's eyes and bane them.

Iliad

Cross me, and you'll go where many a good man's gone before you, first and last, these thirty year back--some to the yard-arm, shiver my timbers, and some by the board, and all to feed the fishes. There's never a man looked me between the eyes and seen a good day a'terwards, Tom Morgan, you may lay to that."

Treasure Island

The first dish I saw on a menu was translated as "drunken pig's trotter" and a sign in a park said: "Please do not feed the fishes with your private."

CUT THE AD NAUSEA

Thousands of devotees visit the Kapaleeshwar temple everyday, which is one of the oldest temples in the city, to feed the fishes.

Holy fishes become main attraction in Chennai temple

Ocean Frontier owner Don McGregor said: "Father Christmas has kindly agreed to help us feed the fishes, but he's had to keep the whole thing quiet from Rudolph just in case he gets jealous."

Tanks a lot, Santa

词组	feed the fishes
释义	feed the fishes feed the fishes slang To drown. Primarily heard in UK. We've got a search party out there right now, but I'm getting more and more worried about some of our guys feeding the fishes. If you can't swim, it's only a matter of time till you feed the fishes! See also: feed, Fishes Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. feed the fishes 1 be dead from drowning. 2 vomit over the side of a boat. informal See also: feed, Fishes Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: chip chips up on (one's) ear Two Bob (as) dead as mutton mutton dead as mutton drown the shamrock one of the boys one of the lads References in classic literature He cut the boar's throat as he spoke, whereon Talthybius whirled it round his head, and flung it into the wide sea to feed the fishes. Then Achilles also rose and said to the Argives, "Father Jove, of a truth you blind men's eyes and bane them. Iliad Cross me, and you'll go where many a good man's gone before you, first and last, these thirty year back--some to the yard-arm, shiver my timbers, and some by the board, and all to feed the fishes. There's never a man looked me between the eyes and seen a good day a'terwards, Tom Morgan, you may lay to that." Treasure Island The first dish I saw on a menu was translated as "drunken pig's trotter" and a sign in a park said: "Please do not feed the fishes with your private." CUT THE AD NAUSEA Thousands of devotees visit the Kapaleeshwar temple everyday, which is one of the oldest temples in the city, to feed the fishes. Holy fishes become main attraction in Chennai temple Ocean Frontier owner Don McGregor said: "Father Christmas has kindly agreed to help us feed the fishes, but he's had to keep the whole thing quiet from Rudolph just in case he gets jealous." Tanks a lot, Santa
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