各种各样的鱼短语英语（英语口语和鱼）

英语中有很多跟鱼或者钓鱼相关的表达，他们会让语言更加生动。今天我们一起来学习一下吧！

1. everybody else at the party ended up in the swimming pool. but i was a fish out of water because i can't swim。

参加聚会的每个人最后都到游泳池去游泳了，我觉得特别别扭，因为我不会游泳。

2. when i ask my friend if she likes my new dress, i was fishing for a compliment。

我问她是否喜欢我的新衣服时，其实是想让她夸我几句。

3. charlie, you've had two weeks to decide whether you want in on this deal. now it's time to fish or cut bait. i need your answer by six o'clock tonight -- otherwise we'll leave you out of it!

查理，对于要不要参与这笔生意你斟酌了有两星期了。现在你必须做出抉择了。我必须在今晚六点前得到你的答复，否则我们就把你排除在外。

4. the senator says the investigation is a fishing expedition by his enemies to see if they can find anything he has ever done that might hurt his political career。

那位参议员声称这次调查是他政敌的蓄意盘查，目的是搜罗挖掘他是否有不端行为，以损毁他的政治生涯。

5. i can't believe it! his only son was hurt in an accident and he told his wife he couldn't go to the hospital until later because he had other fish to fry -- a million-dollar deal he was closing。

我真是不能理解！ 他的独子遭到意外受了伤，而他却对太太说，他要晚些时候才能去医院，因为他另有要事得办：有一笔百万美元的大生意在等著他拍板呢。

6. this story is a red herring to divert public attention from this issue。

这故事不过是用来转移公众的注意力的。

7. holy mackerel! what's this? a new car?

好家伙！这是什么？你买了辆新车？

8. it's like shooting fish in a barrel。

这太简单了。

9. i grew up in a small town where everybody knew about my life. there were times when i thought i was living in a fishbowl。

我在一个小镇长大，那儿几乎每个人都了解我的生活。有的时候我觉得我像活在玻璃缸里的鱼一样，毫无隐私可言。

和“鱼”相关的地道英语表达

10. my neighbour is a cold fish。

我的邻居是一个冷漠的人。

11. i used to drink like a fish and get drunk all the time。

我以前酒喝得很猛而且每次都喝醉。

12. in her hometown, she was a big fish in a small pond，but after she moved to new york, she was just only one among many millions。

在她家乡，她很了不起。可是搬到纽约后，她就不过是普通人一个了。

13. recently, my sister broke up with her boyfriend. i told her not to worry, she will find another one because there are plenty of fish in the sea。

我妹妹最近跟她男朋友分手了，我告诉她别伤心，她会找着一个合适的人的，天涯何处无芳草嘛！

14. never offer to teach fish to swim。

切勿班门弄斧。