make fish of one and flesh of another

To favor one person or thing over another, often in a discriminatory fashion. The phrase refers to the now-outdated practice of categorizing meat as fish, flesh, or fowl. I can't stand how unfairly you treat your sons—stop making fish of one and flesh of another!

See also: and, another, fish, flesh, make, of, one

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

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work up to the collar
in soaped-pig fashion
pull caps
information, please
a crystal set
crystal set
wigs on the green
backdoor trot
backdoor trot(s)
backdoor trots

词组	make fish of one and flesh of another
释义	make fish of one and flesh of another make fish of one and flesh of another To favor one person or thing over another, often in a discriminatory fashion. The phrase refers to the now-outdated practice of categorizing meat as fish, flesh, or fowl. I can't stand how unfairly you treat your sons—stop making fish of one and flesh of another! See also: and, another, fish, flesh, make, of, one Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: work up to the collar in soaped-pig fashion pull caps information, please a crystal set crystal set wigs on the green backdoor trot backdoor trot(s) backdoor trots
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