Jerry was always fishing for an invitation to Bob's house.
Near examination time, some of the students fish for information.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
fish for — {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… … Dictionary of American idioms
fish for — {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… … Dictionary of American idioms
fish for — phr verb Fish for is used with these nouns as the object: ↑compliment, ↑salmon, ↑trout … Collocations dictionary
fish for a compliment — {v, phr.} To try to make someone pay a compliment. * /When Jim showed me his new car, I could tell that he was fishing for a compliment./ … Dictionary of American idioms
fish for a compliment — {v, phr.} To try to make someone pay a compliment. * /When Jim showed me his new car, I could tell that he was fishing for a compliment./ … Dictionary of American idioms
fish for — Synonyms and related words: address, angle for, ask for, beat about for, bid for, canvass, court, delve for, dig for, follow, go gunning for, gun for, hunt, hunt for, hunt up, look, look for, look up, pop the question, prowl after, pursue, quest … Moby Thesaurus
fish for stamps — fishing long enough to be eligible for unemployment insurance (Newfoundland) … Dictionary of ichthyology
fish for compliments — verb To try to induce someone to make a compliment. He is fishing for compliments … Wiktionary
fish for — to try subtly or deviously to obtain information or a response … Dictionary of ichthyology
fish for compliments — to try and obtain praise by subtle of devious means … Dictionary of ichthyology
fish for herring and catch a whale — to get a result other than the expected one … Dictionary of ichthyology
