单词 | fish out |
释义 | fish outSEE SYNONYMS FOR fish out ON THESAURUS.COM verb(tr, adverb) to find or extract (something)to fish keys out of a pocket Words nearby fish outfish louse, fish meal, fishmonger, fishnet, Fish or cut bait, fish out, Fish out of water, fishplate, fish pole, fishpond, fishpound Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with fish outfish out Also, fish up. Discover and retrieve something from a pile or store. For example, She finally fished out the right letter from the files, or He fished up a scandal for the paper to run in the early edition. This usage likens pulling fish from the sea to finding something. [Mid-1600s] Deplete the fish in a body of water by fishing, as in This stream is completely fished out. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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