Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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… … Dictionary of American idioms
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./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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./ … Dictionary of American idioms
fish for stamps — fishing long enough to be eligible for unemployment insurance (Newfoundland) … Dictionary of ichthyology
fish for compliments — verb To try to induce someone to make a compliment. He is fishing for compliments … Wiktionary
fish for — to try subtly or deviously to obtain information or a response … Dictionary of ichthyology
fish for compliments — to try and obtain praise by subtle of devious means … Dictionary of ichthyology
fish for herring and catch a whale — to get a result other than the expected one … Dictionary of ichthyology
fish for oneself — 1) to get all one can, to seek one s own profit exclusively 2) to rely on one s own efforts … Dictionary of ichthyology
Fish — are aquatic vertebrate animals that are typically ectothermic (previously cold blooded), covered with scales, and equipped with two sets of paired fins and several unpaired fins. Fish are abundant in the sea and in fresh water, with species being … Wikipedia
