cold fish是冷漠！這些fish習語你知道多少？
cold fish可不是冷冰冰的魚，它用來形容態度冷冰冰的人；冷漠的人。今天來學習和fish相關的習語。
1. be a big fish in a small pond
英語釋義：to have a lot of influence only over a small area
它的字面意思就是是小池中的大魚，也就是說僅在小範圍內很有影響。
In her hometown, she was a big fish in a small pond, but after she moved to New York, she was just only one among many millions.
在她家鄉，她很了不起。可是搬到紐約後，她就不過是芸芸衆生之一了。
2. be like a fish out of water
英語釋義：to feel awkward because you are in a situation that you have not experienced before or because you are very different from the people around you
你想想魚離開了水意味着什麼呢？這個習語就用來比喻因處於新的環境而感到不適。
She feels like a fish out of water among the celebrities.
在那些達官貴人中，她感到十分不自在。
I felt like a fish out of water at the party because I knew no one.
在這個聚會上我感到渾身不自在，因爲我一個人也不認識。
3. be neither fish nor fowl
英語釋義：like one thing in some ways and like another thing in other ways
fish是魚，fowl指家禽，尤指鴨，鵝，火雞之類的，既不是魚又不是家禽，它的意思就是不倫不類。
From the perspective of practicability, the facilities are neither fish nor fowl.
從實用的角度看，這樣的設備有些不倫不類。
4. have bigger/other fish to fry
英語釋義：to have something more important to do
fry是“油煎；油炸”的意思，但是“炸大魚”跟烹飪做飯倒沒什麼關係，它的意思是有更重要的事情要做。
I haven't time to play with the children; I have other fish to fry.
我沒空和孩子們玩，我還有要事要做。
5. there are plenty more fish in the sea
別人分手你給予安慰的時候就可以用到這個習語。當你跟別人說海里的魚有的是，也就是在勸他or她還有很多合適的人。
用我們熟悉的話說就是，“天涯何處無芳草”。
Don't cry over Pierre - there are plenty more fish in the sea!
別爲皮埃爾哭了，天下的好男人多的是！
6. drink like a fish
英語釋義：to drink too much alcohol
drink不僅僅是“喝，飲”，還有“喝酒，嗜酒，酗酒”的意思。
所以drink like a fish的意思不是像魚一樣喝水，人家的意思是喝酒 ，而且還是喝多了！
Jaff really drank like a fish at the party on Saturday.
Jaff在週六的party上喝得太多了。
7. a fishing expedition
英語釋義：an attempt to discover the facts about something by collecting a lot of information, often secretly
fish作動詞不僅僅是釣魚，也形容在困難的情況下尋找。expedition是遠征；探險隊，這個習語指的是爲了調查揭示真相，祕密地收羅信息、資料。
The investigators' request for the company's accounts is simply a fishing expedition - they have no real evidence of wrongdoing.
調查員要求查公司的賬只是一個收集信息的手段——他們沒有違規操作的真實證據。
8. fish in troubled waters
英語釋義：to try to win an advantage from a difficult situation or from someone else's problems
troubled waters翻譯爲混亂狀態；波濤洶涌的水，在這樣的水裏釣魚，不就是渾水摸魚嗎？
They were clearly seeking to fish in troubled waters.
顯然他們意圖混水摸魚。
9. fish or cut bait
英語釋義：used to tell someone to take action or to stop saying that they will
這個詞語的意思是要麼全力以赴，要麼索性放棄；下定決心就別再動搖。
He's been promising voters that he'll support gun control, now it's time to fish or cut bait.
他一直向選民許諾他會支持槍支管制，現在是下定決心的時候了。
