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Fishy Expressions The English language abounds in expressions related to fish and fishing. Here are just a few: 1.  to drink like a fish : to drink to excess. 2.  to feed the fishes : to die by drowning. 3.  to feel like a fish out of water : to feel out of one’s comfort zone. 4.  to fish for compliments : do or say things to elicit praise from others. 5.  to sound fishy : to seem dubious or suspicious. 6.  All is fish that comes to his net : He makes use of everything that comes his way. 7.  Fish or cut bait! : Make a decision one way or another. 8.  Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime : a proverb meaning that it’s more useful to a person to teach him how to do something for himself than to give him a hand-out. 9.  There are plenty of other fish in the sea : a comforting remark made to someone who has broken up with a sweetheart. 10.  a pretty kettle of fish...

To be a square peg in a round hole and more... (30 Idioms About Common Shapes) Figurative references to circles, squares, and triangles turn up in a variety of familiar expressions. Here’s a list of many of those idioms and their meanings. 1. To be a square peg in a round hole is to be someone who doesn’t fit in a particular environment, or in certain circumstances. 2. To go back to square one is to start over again because of a setback or an impasse. 3. The expression “Be there, or be square” alludes to often-lighthearted pressure to attend an event or suffer the consequences of being considered conventional and uninteresting. 4–6. To call something square , square something with someone, or square accounts is to agree with another party that neither party owes anything to the other one. 7. To circle around is to move in a circular motion to engage in reconnaissance or to figuratively evaluate a situation. 8. A circular argument is one in which the proposition is ...