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| 1 | C an animal that lives in water and swims. It breathes by using its gills and moves by using its tail and finsSaltwater fish live in the sea and freshwater fish live in rivers and lakes 鱼 |
| Little silver fish swam past. 小银鱼游了过去。 |
| Did you catch any fish? 你钓到鱼了吗？ |
| Kenny keeps tropical fish. 肯尼饲养热带鱼。 |
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| 2 | U fish eaten as food . Fish and other sea animals such as shrimps are called seafood 鱼肉 |
| They serve the best fresh fish and seafood dishes. 他们供应上乘的鲜鱼和海味。 |
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| - | a big fish in a small pond
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| someone who is important or powerful only because there are not many other people competing with them |
| 小池塘中的大鱼；小地方的要人 |
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| - | a cold fish
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| someone who is not friendly |
| 冷漠的人 |
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| - | drink like a fish
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| to drink a lot of lot of alcohol regularly |
| 经常大量饮酒 |
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| - | a fish out of water
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| someone who is in a situation that they know nothing about or are not used to |
| 离水之鱼（指处于生疏或不习惯之地的人） |
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| - | have bigger/other fish to fry
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| to have more important things to do or think about |
| 有更要紧的事情要做（或考虑） |
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| - | neither fish nor fowl
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| used for saying that you do not know what something is |
| 非驴非马；不伦不类 |
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| - | there are plenty more fish in the sea spoken
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| used for telling someone whose boyfriend or girlfriend has left them that they will soon have another relationship |
| 海里有的是鱼，天涯何处无芳草（用于安慰失恋者） |
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