Big fish - An important person in a company or an organisation is a big fish.
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Big fish in a small pond - A big fish in a small pond is an important person in a small place or organisation.
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Bigger fish to fry - If you aren't interested in something because it isn't important to you and there are more important things for you to do, you have bigger fish to fry.
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Cold fish - A cold fish is a person who doesn't show how they feel.
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Different kettle of fish - If something is a different kettle of fish, it is very different from the other things referenced.
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Drink like a fish - If someone drinks like a fish, they drink far too much alcohol.
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Fish for compliments - Usually said of someone who puts themselves down (similar to false modesty) in the hope that others will contradict them, and in the process, compliment them. Sam: I'm no good at drawing!Judy: Nonsense! You're an excellent artist!Bob: Aw, he was just fishing for compliments.
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Fish in troubled waters - Someone who fishes in troubled waters tries to takes advantage of a shaky or unstable situation. The extremists were fishing in troubled waters during the political uncertainty in the country.
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Fish or cut bait - (USA) This idiom is used when you want to tell someone that it is time to take action.
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Fish out of water - If you are placed in a situation that is completely new to you and confuses you, you are like a fish out of water.
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Gone fishing - If someone has gone fishing, they are not very aware of what is happening around them.
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Kettle of fish - A pretty or fine kettle of fish is a difficult problem or situation.
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Neither fish nor fowl - Something or someone that is neither fish nor fowl doesn't really fit into any one group.
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On a fishing expedition - If someone is on a fishing expedition, they are trying to get information, often using incorrect or improper ways to find things out.
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Other fish to fry - If you have other fish to fry, it doesn't matter if one opportunity fails to materialise as you have plenty of others.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
OE. fisch, fisc, fis, AS. fisc,; akin to D. visch, OS. & OHG. fisk, G. fisch, Icel. fiskr, Sw. & Dan. fisk, Goth. fisks, L. piscis, Ir. iasg,. Cf. Piscatorial. In some cases, such as fish, joint, fish, plate, this word has prob. been confused with fish, fr. F. fiche,a peg
In literature:
Reaching the hook down into the water, Joe caught it in a portion of Benny's "fish" suit.
"Joe Strong, the Boy Fish" by Vance Barnum
Struggling, it rose again with a great fish in its talons.
"The Young Alaskans" by Emerson Hough
A great fish then swallowed him.
"Children's Literature" by Charles Madison Curry
Have the fish of the lakes no enemy?
"Popular Adventure Tales" by Mayne Reid
One meets with water in abundance, wood and shell-fish, and occasionally very good fish.
"Celebrated Travels and Travellers" by Jules Verne
Also, a fishing season for cod; and likewise the cargo of the fishing vessel.
"The Sailor's Word-Book" by William Henry Smyth
For still heavier work connected with mammals, and especially with fish, I prefer a pair of small spring shears, 6 in, to 7 in.
"Practical Taxidermy" by Montagu Browne
Godfrey intended to fish as they drifted along, but they had at present at least as much fish on board as they could consume while it was good.
"Condemned as a Nihilist" by George Alfred Henty
And there may be a little fishing.
"A Poor Man's House" by Stephen Sydney Reynolds
He that fishes before the net, fishes lang or he fish get.
"The Proverbs of Scotland" by Alexander Hislop
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In poetry:
She sat and sang alway
By the green margin of a stream,
Watching the fishes leap and play
Beneath the glad sunbeam.
"Song III" by Christina Georgina Rossetti
THE SIX month child
Fresh from the tub
Wriggles in our hands.
This is our fish child.
Give her a nickname: Slippery.
"Slippery" by Carl Sandburg
My life would be one long regret
If, for my pleasure vain,
I caused a harmless little fish
An hour of needless pain.
"Womanly Qualms" by Ellis Parker Butler
But soon the giant spat him out,
Three miles into the sea ;
Whereas a fish soon took him up,
And bore him thence away.
"The Life And Death Of Tom Thumb" by Anonymous British
Tug at the net,
Haul at the net,
Strip off the quivering fish;
Hid in the mist
The winds whist,
Is like my heart's wish.
"At The Gill-Nets" by Duncan Campbell Scott
And if Dan’s heavy oars should cause
One little fish to die,
I’d never, never dare to look
Smoked herring in the eye!
"Womanly Qualms" by Ellis Parker Butler
In news:
Cindy Schroeder of Durango caught some nice fish in boils while fishing for stripers near Halls Crossing Marina at Lake Powell .
I caught my personal best lake trout and it is the largest fish I have ever caught ice fishing.
I have had more fun sitting and sipping on a beer watching people fish then actually fishing myself.
Fishing enthusiasts from all over find the bass fishing at Falcon Lake to be among the best around, despite the dangers associated with its nearness to the Mexican border.
They say over the past few years they've seen fewer lamprey wounds in fish, which Young says has left more, bigger fish in Lake Champlain.
Less than two weeks after an Arkansas largemouth bass record apparently was set, an investigation by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has revealed that the fish was caught illegally.
Includes all five state stamp endorsements (archery, freshwater fishing, migratory game bird, saltwater fishing with a red drum tag, and upland game bird).
Game and Fish proposes increasing hunting, fishing licenses by at least 21.5 percent.
The Republican Senate today (April 23) passed its game and fish bill, one including proposed hunting and fishing license fee increases.
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game recently announced that the lingcod sport fishing seasons, bag and possession limits, annual limits, and size limits have been established for the Northern Southeast Area.
'Cause even Hemingway can't help you catch a fish, Chicago Public Library branches located near fishing lagoons* keep a stock of rods and reels available for check out.
The end of April brings the promise of lots of fishing for anglers with pent up fishing needs, restless all winter without much, if any action.
My brother-in-law and I went to a local fishing pier, we are both pretty new to the saltwater fishing game.
I've been fishing a few times with him over the years and have caught a fair share of fish and even a Nurse shark.
Clinton "Tiny" Hancock with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission delivered the fish.
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In science:
One method that has been applied by several groups is fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH ).
A Random Loop Model for Long Polymers
FISH -markers one can measure the mean squared physical distance (cid:10)R2 (cid:11) between these markers as a function of the genomic distance d. A recent study has shed light on the folding at larger length scales .
A Random Loop Model for Long Polymers
In the past, experimental data from FISH measurements has been compared quite successfully to polymer models.
A Random Loop Model for Long Polymers
Time evolution measurements cannot be performed on a cell using FISH markers as the cell has to be fixated before applying imaging techniques.
A Random Loop Model for Long Polymers
Malaysia region currently, the database contains 1513 of fish images. Data acquired on 22th August, 2008, is used. The classification problem involved the identification of 1513 types of image fishes; family ,Scientific Name , English name , local name, Habitat , poison fish and nonpoison .
Fish recognition based on the combination between robust feature selection, image segmentation and geometrical parameter techniques using Artificial Neural Network and Decision Tree
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