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!

查理，对于要不要参与这笔生意你斟酌了有两星期了。现在你必须做出抉择了。我必须在今晚六点前得到你的答复，否则我们就把你排除在外。

4. The senator says the investigation¹ is a fishing expedition² 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.

我真是不能理解! 他的独子遭到意外受了伤，而他却对太太说，他要晚些时候才能去医院，因为他另有要事得办：有一笔百万美元的大生意在等著他拍板呢。

6. This story is a red herring to divert public attention from this issue.

这故事不过是用来转移公众的注意力的。

7. Holy mackerel! What's this? A new car?

好家伙！这是什么？你买了辆新车？

8. It's like shooting fish in a barrel.

这太简单了。

9. I grew up in a small town where everybody knew about my life. There were times when I thought I was living in a fishbowl.

我在一个小镇长大，那儿几乎每个人都了解我的生活。有的时候我觉得我像活在玻璃缸里的鱼一样，毫无隐私可言。

10. My neighbour is a cold fish.

我的邻居是一个冷漠的人。

11. I used to drink like a fish and get drunk all the time.

我以前酒喝得很猛而且每次都喝醉。

12. 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.

在她家乡，她很了不起。可是搬到纽约后，她就不过是普通人一个了。

13. Recently, my sister broke up with her boyfriend. I told her not to worry, she will find another one because there are plenty of fish in the sea.

我妹妹最近跟她男朋友分手了，我告诉她别伤心，她会找着一个合适的人的，天涯何处无芳草嘛！

14. Never offer to teach fish to swim.

切勿班门弄斧。