FISH
noun1
Phrases with FISH
- big fishAn important person.
- bigger fish to fryA much more pressing issue to attend to.
- cold fishA heartless individual; a person lacking empathy and emotion.
- dried-fish womanA woman, especially a young one, who lacks a significant other.
- fish-bloodedCallous; cold-blooded; without compunction.
- fish downTo move down the trophic chain of seafood, i.e. moving from fishing top-level predators to fishes lower in the food chain, as a result of overfishing affecting top-level predators first.
- fish in troubled watersTo try to take advantage of a confused or troubled situation.
- fish or cut baitTo make a decision, especially after a period of delay; to either take action now or forgo the opportunity.
- fish outTo pick up or pull something or someone from (a body of water).
- fish-out-of-waterin which someone is out of their familiar environment; pertaining to a fish out of water
- fish to fryA matter to attend to.
- fish upTo produce or find by fishing.
- go fishNo, as a firm negative response.
- have other fish to fryTo have more important things to do.
- kettle of fishAn awkward situation.
- neither fish nor fowlNot easily categorized; not rightly belonging or fitting well in a given group or situation; also, not having the advantages of the various options.
- odd fishAn unusual thing or eccentric person.
- other fish in the seaOther goals or objectives to pursue.