单词 | be on a fishing expedition |
释义 | be on a fishing expeditionbe on a fishing expedition American EnglishAmE informalFIND OUT to try to find out secret information by asking a lot of questions about different things 〔通过问大量问题〕打探秘密消息 Examples from the Corpus be on a fishing expedition• If anyone asked what they were up to, they planned to say they were on a fishing expedition. → be on a fishing expedition at fishing(1) |
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