Fishes

be sleeping with the fishes

gangster cliché To be murdered and have one's body disposed of in a river, lake, or ocean. Don't worry, boss, that no-good snitch will be sleeping with the fishes before sunrise.

be swimming with the fishes

gangster cliché To be murdered and have one's body disposed of in a river, lake, or ocean. (A less common variant of "be sleeping with the fishes.") Don't worry, boss, that no-good snitch will be swimming with the fishes before sunrise.

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!

fish

1. slang An unitelligent, incompetent, or bumbling person. We thought he was going to really take charge and lead the project in exciting new directions, but he turned out to be a bit of a fish in the end. You fish! How'd you screw this report up so bad?

2. slang An inept or inexperienced poker player. An allusion to the term "shark," meaning a player who is very skilled and ruthless. He let them get cocky and think he was a fish for the first few hands, before taking them for all they were worth by the end of the night.

3. noun, slang A newly arrived prison inmate, typically when seen as naïve to prison life. A: "Who's going to show the fresh fish to his cell?" B: "I will. Follow me, bub."

4. interjection, rude slang A substitution for "fuck," used as an exclamation of anger, indignation, irritation, or exasperation. A: "Fish!" B: "What happened?" A: "I dropped my plate and it smashed on the ground!" The motor just burnt out on this mower again! Oh, fish!

fish around

1. To grope around for something with one's hands. I'm fishing around under the couch, but I don't think your phone is down here, Mom!

2. To pursue something indirectly, often compliments, as by saying negative things about oneself. Quit fishing around for compliments—we all liked your performance, OK?

fish for (something)

1. Literally, to seek a particular kind of fish while fishing. I heard we're fishing for salmon today.

2. To grope around for something with one's hands. I'm fishing for your phone under the couch, but I don't think it's down here, Mom!

3. To pursue something indirectly, often compliments, as by saying negative things about oneself. Quit fishing for compliments—we all liked your performance, OK?

fish for compliments

To attempt to elicit praise from someone, typically by saying negative things about oneself. We know you're a smart kind, Dan. You don't need to fish for compliments by talking about the one C you got. Tara's always fishing for compliments by talking about how she couldn't get her hair the way she wanted it.

fish in troubled waters

To try to capitalize on or benefit from a situation, circumstance, or experience that is fraught with disorder, difficulty, confusion, stress, etc. No one really thought about the money lenders who were making cash hand over fist during the recession, fishing in the troubled waters many homeowners and small businesses found themselves in.

See also: fish, trouble, water

fish out

1. To pull someone or something from a body or container of water, as if by fishing. A noun or pronoun can be used between "fish" and "out." Emergency services had to fish the drunken swimmer out of the freezing river after he started getting into difficulty. No, I will not fish out your keys for you. You're the one who dropped them in the toilet!

2. To find and retrieve something (from within something else). A noun or pronoun can be used between "fish" and "out." It took me a minute to fish my keys out of my bag.

3. To completely empty something of fish, as of a body of water where fishing is common. Typically used in passive constructions. We won't catch anything here if it's already fished out.

fish up

To yank or pluck something up out of something else (likened to catching a fish on a fishing line). A noun or pronoun can be used between "fish" and "up." It took me a minute to fish my keys up out of my bag. I reached into the tank and fished up a large lobster.

fish up out of (something)

loaves and fishes

Tangible benefits or rewards, especially when they serve as one's motivation for action. The phrase refers to the Bible story in which Jesus blesses a small amount of fish and loaves of bread, resulting in the disciples having enough food to distribute to thousands of people. Paul hasn't helped us with this project at all, but you know he'll be there for the loaves and fishes if we win the contest!

sleep with the fishes

gangster cliché To be murdered and have one's body disposed of in a river, lake, or ocean. Make sure that no-good snitch sleeps with the fishes before he gets a chance to testify in court.

Ye gods and little fishes!

euphemism, old-fashioned An exclamation of shock, astonishment, or incredulity. A more emphatic, though less serious, way of saying "ye gods," a minced oath used as a stand-in for the more blasphemous "Oh my God!" Primarily heard in US. O, ye gods and little fishes! When will this torturous day end? A: "Inspector, look—a picture of the culprit!" B: "Ye gods and little fishes—it's Councilor Williams. He was under our noses the whole time!"

fish in troubled waters

Fig. to involve oneself in a difficult, confused, or dangerous situation, especially with a view to gaining an advantage. Frank is fishing in troubled waters by buying more shares of that company. They are supposed to be in financial difficulties. The company could make more money by selling armaments abroad, but they would be fishing in troubled waters.

See also: fish, trouble, water

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

fish in troubled waters

Try to take advantage of a confused situation. For example, He often buys up stock in companies declaring bankruptcy; fishing in troubled waters generally pays off . This term, first recorded in 1568, expresses the even older notion that fish bite more readily when seas are rough.

See also: fish, trouble, water

fish out

1. Also, fish up. Discover and retrieve something from a pile or store. For example, She finally fished out the right letter from the files, or He fished up a scandal for the paper to run in the early edition. This usage likens pulling fish from the sea to finding something. [Mid-1600s]

2. Deplete the fish in a body of water by fishing, as in This stream is completely fished out.

fish in troubled waters

If you fish in troubled waters, you try to get an advantage by getting involved in someone else's problems. We must be careful not to appear to be fishing in troubled waters.

See also: fish, trouble, water

Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

feed the fishes

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

fish in troubled waters

make a profit out of trouble or upheaval.

See also: fish, trouble, water

loaves and fishes

personal profit as a motive for religious profession or public service.

This idiom developed from a biblical passage in John 6:26: ‘Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled’.

fish for compliments

encourage somebody indirectly to say nice things about you: Stop asking me if you look OK. You’re just fishing for compliments.

fish around

To seek within some place by or as if by probing: She was fishing around in her pocket for a quarter. He fished around for compliments after the meeting.

fish

n. a stupid and inept person. (Derogatory.) The guy’s a fish. He can’t do anything right.

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

See also:

(it's) (all) Greek to me
be all Greek to someone
Greek to me
Greek to me, it's
it's all Greek to me
be careful what you wish for(, it might (just) come true)
do not try this at home
a sight to behold
plot thickens
plot thickens, the

References in periodicals archive

From several fishes' nostrils, they recorded electrical signals carrying information to the brain from olfactory neurons.

Aquatic non-scents: repercussions of water pollutants that mute smell

To mirror the fishes we angle for one last time, it seems to me that we all need wildness--deep in our souls, but also at our fingertips.

Pavlov's trout

Identification of Diphyllobothrium dendriticum and Diphyllobothrium latum from some freshwater fishes of central Canada.

Diphyllobothriasis, Brazil

Two recent studies have also examined the impact of full life-long exposure to E[E.sub.2] on reproductive success in other fishes. Lange et al.

Long-term exposure to environmental concentrations of the pharmaceutical ethynylestradiol causes reproductive failure in fish

Fishelson described the evolution of this trait in the March Environmental Biology of Fishes.

Bad-news beauties: poison-spined fish from Asia have invaded U.S. waters

In a study published in the 15 May 2003 issue of Nature, Ransom Myers, a biologist at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, wrote that "the global ocean has lost more than 90% of large predatory fishes." Moreover, a fishing ground's marine carnivores can be overfished in a matter of just several years.

Eating away at a global food source: the state of the oceans, Part 1

As the larvae matured into adult fish, the scientists found glowing green sperm, produced from the donor fishes' spermatogonia, in males.

Transplant reroutes cells from sperm to eggs

So, she and Zakon monitored fishes' electric fields in several scenarios, the team reports in an upcoming Animal Behaviour.

Tszzzzzt! Electric fish may jam rivals' signals

BIG OLD MAMMAS Fleets have overfished boneless fishes, principally sharks, skates, and rays, along with boned fish, which are virtually all other fish of commercial value.

Empty nets: fisheries may be crippling themselves by targeting the big ones

词组	Fishes
释义	Fishes be sleeping with the fishes gangster cliché To be murdered and have one's body disposed of in a river, lake, or ocean. Don't worry, boss, that no-good snitch will be sleeping with the fishes before sunrise. See also: Fishes, sleep be swimming with the fishes gangster cliché To be murdered and have one's body disposed of in a river, lake, or ocean. (A less common variant of "be sleeping with the fishes.") Don't worry, boss, that no-good snitch will be swimming with the fishes before sunrise. See also: Fishes, swimming 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 fish 1. slang An unitelligent, incompetent, or bumbling person. We thought he was going to really take charge and lead the project in exciting new directions, but he turned out to be a bit of a fish in the end. You fish! How'd you screw this report up so bad? 2. slang An inept or inexperienced poker player. An allusion to the term "shark," meaning a player who is very skilled and ruthless. He let them get cocky and think he was a fish for the first few hands, before taking them for all they were worth by the end of the night. 3. noun, slang A newly arrived prison inmate, typically when seen as naïve to prison life. A: "Who's going to show the fresh fish to his cell?" B: "I will. Follow me, bub." 4. interjection, rude slang A substitution for "fuck," used as an exclamation of anger, indignation, irritation, or exasperation. A: "Fish!" B: "What happened?" A: "I dropped my plate and it smashed on the ground!" The motor just burnt out on this mower again! Oh, fish! fish around 1. To grope around for something with one's hands. I'm fishing around under the couch, but I don't think your phone is down here, Mom! 2. To pursue something indirectly, often compliments, as by saying negative things about oneself. Quit fishing around for compliments—we all liked your performance, OK? See also: around, fish fish for (something) 1. Literally, to seek a particular kind of fish while fishing. I heard we're fishing for salmon today. 2. To grope around for something with one's hands. I'm fishing for your phone under the couch, but I don't think it's down here, Mom! 3. To pursue something indirectly, often compliments, as by saying negative things about oneself. Quit fishing for compliments—we all liked your performance, OK? See also: fish fish for compliments To attempt to elicit praise from someone, typically by saying negative things about oneself. We know you're a smart kind, Dan. You don't need to fish for compliments by talking about the one C you got. Tara's always fishing for compliments by talking about how she couldn't get her hair the way she wanted it. See also: compliment, fish fish in troubled waters To try to capitalize on or benefit from a situation, circumstance, or experience that is fraught with disorder, difficulty, confusion, stress, etc. No one really thought about the money lenders who were making cash hand over fist during the recession, fishing in the troubled waters many homeowners and small businesses found themselves in. See also: fish, trouble, water fish out 1. To pull someone or something from a body or container of water, as if by fishing. A noun or pronoun can be used between "fish" and "out." Emergency services had to fish the drunken swimmer out of the freezing river after he started getting into difficulty. No, I will not fish out your keys for you. You're the one who dropped them in the toilet! 2. To find and retrieve something (from within something else). A noun or pronoun can be used between "fish" and "out." It took me a minute to fish my keys out of my bag. 3. To completely empty something of fish, as of a body of water where fishing is common. Typically used in passive constructions. We won't catch anything here if it's already fished out. See also: fish, out fish up To yank or pluck something up out of something else (likened to catching a fish on a fishing line). A noun or pronoun can be used between "fish" and "up." It took me a minute to fish my keys up out of my bag. I reached into the tank and fished up a large lobster. See also: fish, up fish up out of (something) To yank or pluck something up out of something else (likened to catching a fish on a fishing line). A noun or pronoun can be used between "fish" and "up." It took me a minute to fish my keys up out of my bag. I reached in and fished a large lobster up out of the tank. See also: fish, of, out, up loaves and fishes Tangible benefits or rewards, especially when they serve as one's motivation for action. The phrase refers to the Bible story in which Jesus blesses a small amount of fish and loaves of bread, resulting in the disciples having enough food to distribute to thousands of people. Paul hasn't helped us with this project at all, but you know he'll be there for the loaves and fishes if we win the contest! See also: and, Fishes, loaves sleep with the fishes gangster cliché To be murdered and have one's body disposed of in a river, lake, or ocean. Make sure that no-good snitch sleeps with the fishes before he gets a chance to testify in court. See also: Fishes, sleep Ye gods and little fishes! euphemism, old-fashioned An exclamation of shock, astonishment, or incredulity. A more emphatic, though less serious, way of saying "ye gods," a minced oath used as a stand-in for the more blasphemous "Oh my God!" Primarily heard in US. O, ye gods and little fishes! When will this torturous day end? A: "Inspector, look—a picture of the culprit!" B: "Ye gods and little fishes—it's Councilor Williams. He was under our noses the whole time!" See also: and, god, little, ye Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. fish in troubled waters Fig. to involve oneself in a difficult, confused, or dangerous situation, especially with a view to gaining an advantage. Frank is fishing in troubled waters by buying more shares of that company. They are supposed to be in financial difficulties. The company could make more money by selling armaments abroad, but they would be fishing in troubled waters. See also: fish, trouble, water McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. fish in troubled waters Try to take advantage of a confused situation. For example, He often buys up stock in companies declaring bankruptcy; fishing in troubled waters generally pays off . This term, first recorded in 1568, expresses the even older notion that fish bite more readily when seas are rough. See also: fish, trouble, water fish out 1. Also, fish up. Discover and retrieve something from a pile or store. For example, She finally fished out the right letter from the files, or He fished up a scandal for the paper to run in the early edition. This usage likens pulling fish from the sea to finding something. [Mid-1600s] 2. Deplete the fish in a body of water by fishing, as in This stream is completely fished out. See also: fish, out The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. fish in troubled waters If you fish in troubled waters, you try to get an advantage by getting involved in someone else's problems. We must be careful not to appear to be fishing in troubled waters. See also: fish, trouble, water Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. feed the fishes 1 be dead from drowning. 2 vomit over the side of a boat. informal See also: feed, Fishes fish in troubled waters make a profit out of trouble or upheaval. See also: fish, trouble, water loaves and fishes personal profit as a motive for religious profession or public service. This idiom developed from a biblical passage in John 6:26: ‘Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled’. See also: and, Fishes, loaves Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary fish for compliments encourage somebody indirectly to say nice things about you: Stop asking me if you look OK. You’re just fishing for compliments. See also: compliment, fish Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary fish around v. To seek within some place by or as if by probing: She was fishing around in her pocket for a quarter. He fished around for compliments after the meeting. See also: around, fish The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. fish n. a stupid and inept person. (Derogatory.) The guy’s a fish. He can’t do anything right. McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: (it's) (all) Greek to me be all Greek to someone Greek to me Greek to me, it's it's all Greek to me be careful what you wish for(, it might (just) come true) do not try this at home a sight to behold plot thickens plot thickens, the References in periodicals archive From several fishes' nostrils, they recorded electrical signals carrying information to the brain from olfactory neurons. Aquatic non-scents: repercussions of water pollutants that mute smell To mirror the fishes we angle for one last time, it seems to me that we all need wildness--deep in our souls, but also at our fingertips. Pavlov's trout Identification of Diphyllobothrium dendriticum and Diphyllobothrium latum from some freshwater fishes of central Canada. Diphyllobothriasis, Brazil Two recent studies have also examined the impact of full life-long exposure to E[E.sub.2] on reproductive success in other fishes. Lange et al. Long-term exposure to environmental concentrations of the pharmaceutical ethynylestradiol causes reproductive failure in fish Fishelson described the evolution of this trait in the March Environmental Biology of Fishes. Bad-news beauties: poison-spined fish from Asia have invaded U.S. waters In a study published in the 15 May 2003 issue of Nature, Ransom Myers, a biologist at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, wrote that "the global ocean has lost more than 90% of large predatory fishes." Moreover, a fishing ground's marine carnivores can be overfished in a matter of just several years. Eating away at a global food source: the state of the oceans, Part 1 As the larvae matured into adult fish, the scientists found glowing green sperm, produced from the donor fishes' spermatogonia, in males. Transplant reroutes cells from sperm to eggs So, she and Zakon monitored fishes' electric fields in several scenarios, the team reports in an upcoming Animal Behaviour. Tszzzzzt! Electric fish may jam rivals' signals BIG OLD MAMMAS Fleets have overfished boneless fishes, principally sharks, skates, and rays, along with boned fish, which are virtually all other fish of commercial value. Empty nets: fisheries may be crippling themselves by targeting the big ones
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