fish for meaning
fish for sth not passive usually progressive to try to get something from someone, especially information or praise, often by asking them for it in an indirect way:
▪ Jed was interested in my sister, Anna, and he was fishing for information about her habits and boyfriends.
▪ It was election time again, and politicians were touring the country fishing for support.
fish for compliments (=try to get someone to say something nice about you)
▪ I'm not fishing for compliments, but do you think this dress suits me?
■ SIMILAR TO: angle for
▪ Jed was interested in my sister, Anna, and he was fishing for information about her habits and boyfriends.
▪ It was election time again, and politicians were touring the country fishing for support.
fish for compliments (=try to get someone to say something nice about you)
▪ I'm not fishing for compliments, but do you think this dress suits me?
■ SIMILAR TO: angle for
[American slang]
v., informal To try to get or to find out (something), by hinting or by a roundabout way to try to lead someone else to give or tell you what you want by hinting. Jerry was always fishing for an invitation to Bob's house. Near examination time, some of the students fish for information.
- fish: Noun: fish (fish,f ...
- a cold fish: [American idiom]a ...
- a kettle of fish: 1. A situation, se ...
Examples
More: Next- i often fish for hours without catching anything.
- l haven't been to where my dad use to fish for shrimp
- l haven't been to where my dad use to fish for shrimp
- i often fish for hours without catching anything
- let's have some meat and fish for lunch today
