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Fishes Quotes - Page 3

I am, out of the ladies' company, like a fish out of the water.

Thomas Shadwell (1927). “The complete works of Thomas Shadwell”

Empty the pond to get the fish.

Robert Bresson (2016). “Notes on the Cinematograph”, p.44, New York Review of Books

She is nether fish nor flesh, nor good red herring.

"Proverbs". Book by John Heywood, 1546.

Leviathan is not the biggest fish; — I have heard of Krakens.

Herman Melville, Lynn Horth (1993). “Correspondence”, p.213, Northwestern University Press

The fast fish, not the big fish, eats the small fish.

"Joe Biden, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan Trade Boasts". www.huffingtonpost.com. December 4, 2011.

Only the gamefish swims upstream, But the sensible fish swims down.

Ogden Nash (1941). “The face is familiar: the selected verse of Ogden Nash”, Garden City publishing company, inc

To fish in troubled waters.

Matthew Henry (1828). “Communicant's Companion”, p.143

The catfish is Plenty good enough fish for anyone

Mark Twain (2016). “Life On The Mississippi”, p.172, Xist Publishing

One man's fish is another man's poisson.

Mark Gatiss (2005). “Vesuvius Club”, p.36, Simon and Schuster

Un-dish-cover the fish, or dishcover the riddle.

'Through the Looking-Glass' (1872) ch. 9

If truth is the lure, humans are fishes.

Jane Hirshfield (2011). “Come, Thief: Poems”, p.6, Knopf