F
Idioms beginning with "F"
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[fish for] {v.}, {informal}
To try to get or to find out (something), by hinting or by a roundabout way to try to lead someone else to give or tell you what you want by hinting.
Jerry was always fishing for an invitation to Bob's house.
* /Near […]
[fish for a compliment] {v. phr.}
To try to make someone pay a compliment.
When Jim showed me his new car, I could tell that he was fishing for a compliment.
[fish fry] {n.}
An outdoor party or picnic at which fish are fried and eaten.
The guests at the fish fry caught and cooked their own fish.
[fish in muddy] or [troubled waters] {v. phr.}
To take advantage of a troubled or confusing situation; seek personal advantage.
* /With the police disorganized after the collapse of communism in Europe, many criminals started to fish in troubled […]
[fish or cut bait] {v. phr.}, {informal}
1. Decide what you want to do and stop wasting time; either act now or give someone else a chance or turn.
* /Jack couldn't decide whether to go to college or get a job, so his father told him to fish or cut […]
[fish out of water] {n. phr.}
A person who is out of his proper place in life; someone who does not fit in.
Because Ed could not swim, he felt like a fish out of water at the beach.
* /She was the only girl at the party not in a formal dress and […]
[fish story] {n. phr.}
An unlikely or improbable tale.
Hunters and fishermen often exaggerate their successes by telling fish stories.
[fish-and-chips] {n. phr.}
Fried fish and french fried potatoes.
The family went to a drive-in restaurant and had fish-and-chips.
[fit]
See:
[BY FITS AND STARTS],
[GIVE FITS],
[HAVE A FIT] or [HAVE FITS],
[IF THE SHOE FITS, WEAR IT],
[SEE FIT] also [THINK FIT],
[SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST].