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Jack Handy

If you give a man a fish, he will eat for a day. If you give a man a stick of TNT, there will be little unidentifiable fish parts all over the village.

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fish or cut bait

[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. * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Timothy Jones

Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Give him a religion, and he'll starve to death while praying for a fish. www.english-slang.com

fish for

[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 […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

fish fry

[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./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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