big fish in a small pond »
One who has achieved a high rank or is highly esteemed, but only in a small, relatively unimportant, or little known location or organization.
|
bigger fish to fry »
A higher valued result or target to reach.
|
bigger fish to fry »
A much more pressing issue to attend to.
|
cold fish »
A heartless individual; a person lacking empathy and emotion.
|
fish for compliments »
To try to induce someone to make a compliment.
|
fish or cut bait »
To choose between taking action now, or forgoing the opportunity and putting that energy into another endeavor; to decide.
|
fish out »
To deplete the supply of fish in a given body of water.
|
fish to fry »
A matter to attend to.
|
fishing expedition »
A non-specific search for information, especially incriminating information.
|
fishtail »
The tail of a fish, or an object resembling this.
|
give a man a fish »
Shortened form of give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime
|
give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime »
It is more worthwhile to teach someone to do something, than to do something for them.
|
give of oneself »
To devote oneself unselfishly to a task, especially to give time and energy.
|
have other fish to fry »
C. 1710, Jonathan Swift, The Journal to Stella, ch. 2, Letter 15.
|
have other fish to fry »
To have more important things to do.
|
kettle of fish »
A situation which is recognized as different from or as an alternative to some other situation, and which is not necessarily unfavorable.
|
kettle of fish »
An awkward situation; a predicament.
|
lemon sole »
fish
|
neither fish nor fowl »
Said of something not easily categorized or not fitting neatly into any established group.
|
queer fish »
An odd or eccentric person.
|
sleep with the fishes »
To be killed and have one's body disposed off in the sea or other body of water.
|
small fry »
One or more small or immature fish.
|
there are plenty more fish in the sea »
There are many more potential opportunities available.
|
there are plenty of fish in the sea »
There are many more potential opportunities available.
|
to give a person line »
To allow a person more or less liberty until it is convenient to stop or check him/her, like a hooked fish that swims away with the line.
|
well ain't that the catfish in the trap »
A sentence commonly spoken in the Southern United States. It can often be used in place of "well, I'll be damned". Used to express surprise.
|
| Search from any page on the Web with Abbreviations.com AutoSearch. It's free! |
[