The old shopkeeper fished a huge pickle up out of the barrel.
•He fished up a huge pickle.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
fish something out (of something) — ˌfish sth/sbˈout (of sth) derived to take or pull sth/sb out of a place • She fished a piece of paper out of the pile on her desk. • They fished a dead body out of the river. Main entry: ↑fishderived … Useful english dictionary
fish something out — pull or take something out of water or a receptacle. → fish … English new terms dictionary
fish — fish1 noun (plural same or fishes) 1》 a limbless cold blooded vertebrate animal with gills and fins, living wholly in water. ↘the flesh of fish as food. 2》 used in names of invertebrate animals living wholly in water, e.g. shellfish,… … English new terms dictionary
fish out — transitive verb : to exhaust the supply of fish in by fishing this lake has been fished out * * * fish out [phrasal verb] fish (something) out or fish out (something) 1 : to pull (something) out of water or some other liquid … Useful english dictionary
something like — 1) used for showing that you are guessing at an amount or number He earns something like £25,000 a year. 2) fairly similar to something a large fish something like a shark … English dictionary
fish out — PHRASAL VERB If you fish something out from somewhere, you take or pull it out, often after searching for it for some time. [INFORMAL] [V P n (not pron)] Kelly fished out another beer from his cooler... [V P n (not pron)] She fished out a pair of … English dictionary
Fish (Chanteur) — Fish lors d un concert en Allemagne Nom William Derek Dick Naissance 25 avril 1958 … Wikipédia en Français
Fish (chanteur) — Fish lors d un concert en Allemagne Nom William Derek Dick Naissance 25 avril 1958 Dalkeith (Écoss … Wikipédia en Français
fish — [fish] n. pl. fish; in referring to different species, fishes [ME < OE fisc, akin to Ger fisch, Du visch < IE base * pisk > L piscis] 1. any of three classes (jawless, cartilaginous, and bony fishes) of coldblooded vertebrate animals… … English World dictionary
fish — Ⅰ. fish [1] ► NOUN (pl. same or fishes) 1) a limbless cold blooded animal with a backbone, gills and fins, living wholly in water. 2) the flesh of fish as food. 3) informal a person who is strange in a specified way: he s a cold fish. ► VERB 1) … English terms dictionary
fish for — [phrasal verb] fish for (something) : to ask for or try to get (something, such as praise or attention) in an indirect way I think he offers apologies for his cooking as a way of fishing for compliments. [=as a way of getting people to say that… … Useful english dictionary
