Fishy expressions

Certain fish are a good source of Omega-3s. Certain fish make good pets. And certain fish make for good English idioms! That's right, the names of some fish, and even the word fish itself, have made their way into many English expressions. Try our quiz to see how many of them you know!

1. “To fish or cut bait” means to Placeholder for the answer.
2. Which of the following words completes the idiom “to fish in Placeholder for the answer waters”?
3. If you find yourself in “a fine kettle of fish,” you're in an Placeholder for the answer situation.
4. A “red Placeholder for the answer” is a misleading clue.
5. If someone is “as slippery as an eel,” he or she is …
6. In the expression “to have bigger fish to fry,” “bigger fish” refers to more Placeholder for the answer matters to attend to.
7. The expression “packed in like Placeholder for the answer” is a synonym for “extremely crowded.”
8. Which of the following words completes the idiom “as Placeholder for the answer as a barrel of fish hooks”?
9. If something is declining in quality and popularity after having reached its peak, it is said to have “jumped the Placeholder for the answer.”
10. “A big fish in a small pond” is a person who has a lot of …