fish out of water

packed like sardines

英语中与“鱼fish”的相关表达

1. Americans use many expressions about fish and fishing.

美国人使用许多关于鱼和钓鱼的表达。

2. If something sounds fishy, it may not be true.

如果什么东西听起来“有鱼腥味”（可疑的-suspicious）, 它可能不是真的。

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3. Sometimes I feel like a fish out of water when I go to a party and everyone but me is doing the latest dance.

有时，当我去参加一个派对，里面每个人都在跳最流行的舞蹈时，我感到像“离水之鱼”（格格不入-uneasy）。

4. When I ask my friend if she likes my new dress, I would like her to say something nice. In other words, I am fishing for a compliment.

当我问我的朋友她是否喜欢我的新衣服时，我希望她说一些好听的话。换句话说，我在“钓好听的话”（寻求恭维-praise, admiration）。

5. You might tell someone to fish or cut bait if he repeatedly attempts to do something he is unable to do.

如果某人反反复复地尝试他不能完成的，你可以告诉他要么全力以赴（to go all out），要么索性放弃 (quit completely) 。

6. Sometimes a lawyer will ask a witness many questions in an effort to discover the facts of a court case. This is called going on a fishing expedition.

有时候，律师会问目击者很多问题，试图发现一个案子的事实。这种行为叫做“钓鱼尝试”。

7. Information that is used to draw attention away from the real facts of a situation is called a red herring /ˌred ˈherɪŋ/.

转移注意力的次要信息/想法等。

8. Once I went to a county fair and tried my luck with a game of chance. It was so easy; it was like shooting fish in a barrel.

容易得像桶中射鱼

9. Then I went on the fastest, highest and most frightening ride: the roller coaster. At the end of the ride, I did not feel so well. A friend said I looked green around the gills.

脸色惨白

10. 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. So I moved to Washington, where things were different.

11. Now I take the train to work every day during rush hour when many other people travel to their jobs. Sometimes the train is so crowded that we are packed in like sardines. Sardines are tiny fish that lie close to each other in cans.

12. One man who works in my office is a cold fish. He is unfriendly and does not like to join us at office parties.

13. Another man in my office likes to enjoy alcoholic drinks at parties. In fact, you might say he drinks like a fish. We need to help him stop drinking.

14. Last week, my sister's car broke down as we were driving to a friend's marriage ceremony. "This is a fine kettle of fish," I said. "Now we will be late."

15. My sister attends a small college where she is one of the smartest students. She always wants to be a big fish in a small pond.

16. Recently, my sister broke up with her boyfriend. I told her not to worry, she will find another one because there are plenty of other fish in the sea.