| 单词 | there are more fish in the sea |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthere are (plenty) more fish in the sea there are (plenty) more fish in the sea and variants: there will be many more (romantic) opportunities in the future (used chiefly to console someone disappointed in love). ΚΠ 1573 G. Harvey Schollers Loove in Let.-bk. (1884) 126 In the mayne sea theres good stoare of fishe, And in delicate gardens and in gourgeous bowers, Theres allwayes greate varietye of desirable flowers.] 1859 J. W. De Forest Seacliff xxlii. 333 Bait your hook again, and heave it somewhere else. There are plenty of other fish in the sea just as fine as this one. a1893 H. C. De Mille & D. Belasco Lord Chumley i, in America's Lost Plays (1941) XVII. 143 Lord C. But you're quite right, Lady Adeline; I have been crossed in love. Lady A... Never mind, there are more fish in the sea. 1921 W. de la Mare Mem. Midget xx. 142 Nil desperandum, Mr. Crimble. And you know what they say about fish in the sea. 1991 A. Campbell Sidewinder ix. 116 ‘He didn't die of a broken heart, that's for sure, so what did he do about it?’ ‘He gets himself another woman. He wasn't particular. “Plenty more fish in the sea,” he says.’ < as lemmas |
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