fish for

釋義

1. fish for sth

   旁敲側擊地打聽；轉彎抹角地謀取

   to try to get sth, or to find out sth, although you are pretending not to

   to fish for compliments / information轉彎抹角地謀取恭維／打聽情況

電影裡這樣說 · 295 部

• Fish for wall.The Terminal2004
• And we talked about Banana fish for like 20 minutes.500 Days of Summer2009
• It's a fish! LI: It's a fish!Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas2003
• The steak, the fish...Poor Things2023
• What, is he gonna fish for our dinner?The Edge1997
• You like fish. I like fish, too.X-Men: First Class2011
• The fish is delicious.Deconstructing Harry1997
• - No! - Fish!Chicken Little2005

在完整場景裡學

• 解構愛情狂1997
  • 私情被寫進書裡翻臉：self-engrossed（只顧自己）
  • 屋頂遭舊情人拔槍：spin gold out of（把苦痛煉成金子）
  • 冒名幽會撞上死神：to the moon（爽上天）

同一詞條的短語

• a fish out of water
• have bigger fish to fry
• neither fish nor fowl
• an odd queer fish
• there are plenty more fish in the sea
• a big fish
• a cold fish
• a different kettle of fish
• drink like a fish
• be like shooting fish in a barrel
• fish out