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!

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

Date modified: 2020-08-25

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