Fish+for

  • 21fish for — to try subtly or deviously to obtain information or a response …

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  • 22fish for compliments — to try and obtain praise by subtle of devious means …

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  • 23fish for herring and catch a whale — to get a result other than the expected one …

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  • 24fish for oneself — 1) to get all one can, to seek one s own profit exclusively 2) to rely on one s own efforts …

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  • 25fish for evidence — See fishing expedition …

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  • 26Fish — 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 …

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  • 27Fish and chips — Fish and chips, photographed in Norfolk, England Fish and chips (colloquially known as a fish supper in Scotland and Northern Ireland) is a popular take away food in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. It typically consists of… …

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  • 28Fish hatchery — Fish hatcheries are used to cultivate and breed a large number of fish in an enclosed environment,Fish Hatcheries typically involve a lot of manual labour. A hatchery worker will take a female fish, release her eggs (stripping), and then… …

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  • 29Fish and Wildlife Act — of 1956 of the United States of America establishes a comprehensive national fish, shellfish, and wildlife resources policy with emphasis on the commercial fishing industry but also with a direction to administer the Act with regard to the… …

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  • 30fish — 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) …

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