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What does "fish" mean?

In addition to the idioms beginning with fish, also see big fish in a small pond; cold fish; drink like a fish; goldfish bowl; kettle of fish; like shooting fish in a barrel; neither fish nor fowl; not the only fish in the sea; other fish to fry; smell fishy.

See fish in WNW Idioms

drink like a fish

to drink heavily, esp. alcoholic liquor

fish in troubled waters

to try to gain something by taking advantage of a confused or troubled situation

fish or cut bait

to proceed energetically with a task or give it up altogether

fish out

to deplete the stock of fish in (a lake, etc.)

like a fish out of water

out of one's element; in surroundings not suited to one

neither fish, flesh, nor fowl

not belonging to a district or recognizable category or class

now often shortened to neither fish nor fowl

other fish to fry

other, more important things to attend to

the Fishes

Pisces, the constellation and twelfth sign of the zodiac

See fish in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Idioms

fish in troubled waters

To try to take advantage of a confused situation.

fish or cut bait

Informal

To proceed with an activity or abandon it altogether.

like a fish out of water

Completely unfamiliar with one's surroundings or activity.

neither fish nor fowl

Having no specific characteristics; indefinite.

other fish to fry

Informal

Other matters to attend to: He declined to come along to the movie, saying he had other fish to fry.

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