🐟 Fish
"Fish for compliments"
Meaning
To try to make people praise you.
About the fish
Fish live entirely in water, so idioms about them usually describe feeling out of place on land or being a small player in a big pond.
Example sentence
When he asked if his new shirt looked terrible, he was clearly fishing for compliments.
Test yourself
Which idiom means...
To try to make people praise you.
More fish idioms
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"Fish out of water"
Someone who feels uncomfortable in a new or strange place.
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"Packed like sardines"
Crowded very tightly together.
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"Have bigger fish to fry"
To have more important things to do.
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"Like a fish in water"
Very comfortable in a situation.
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"A cold fish"
A person who seems unfriendly or unemotional.
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"Red herring"
Something that distracts people from the real issue.