1. Everybody else at the party ended up in the swimming pool. But I was a fish out of water because I can't swim。
参加聚会的每个人最后都到游泳池去游泳了,我觉得特别别扭,因为我不会游泳。
2. When I ask my friend if she likes my new dress, I was fishing for a compliment。
我问她是否喜欢我的新衣服时,其实是想让她夸我几句。
3. Charlie, you've had two weeks to decide whether you want in on this deal. Now it's time to fish or cut bait. I need your answer by six o'clock tonight -- otherwise we'll leave you out of it!
4. The senator says the investigation is a fishing expedition by his enemies to see if they can find anything he has ever done that might hurt his political career。
那位参议员声称这次调查是他政敌的蓄意盘查,目的是搜罗挖掘他是否有不端行为,以损毁他的政治生涯。
5. I can't believe it! His only son was hurt in an accident and he told his wife he couldn't go to the hospital until later because he had other fish to fry -- a million-dollar deal he was closing。