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1 to fish for compliments
to fish for complimentspescar elogios. -
2 fish
plurals; see fish* * *fish1[fiʃ] n 1 peixe, pescado. 2 reforço. 3 Mech tala. 4 Naut lambareiro. • vt+vi 1 pescar. he fished something out of the water / ele puxou qualquer coisa da água. 2 buscar. 3 lançar a isca, pesquisar, procurar obter. 4 descobrir. fish and chips peixe frito com batatas fritas (comida típica inglesa). fried fish peixe assado. he drinks like a fish ele é um beberrão. there are other fish in the sea esta pessoa ou coisa não é a única no mundo, existem outras que podem dar mais certo. to be neither fish, flesh, fowl, nor good red herring não ser nem peixe nem carne, não ter opinião pró nem contra, não se definir. to feed the fishes estar mareado. to feel like a fish out of water sentir-se fora de seu elemento (ambiente). to have other fish to fry ter outras coisas mais importantes a tratar. to fish for compliments pescar elogios. to fish in troubled water pescar em águas turvas, usar de uma situação difícil para tirar proveito próprio. to fish somebody up salvar alguém de afogamento.————————fish2[fiʃ] n Amer sl 1 prisioneiro. 2 pessoa boba, vítima fácil. 3 mulher heterossexual. 4 mulher promíscua. 5 um dólar. fish or cut bait decida-se. fish skin 1 nota de um dólar. 2 preservativo. fish trap boca. -
3 compliment
1. ['kompləmənt] noun(an expression of praise or flattery: He's always paying her compliments.) gentileza2. [kompli'ment] verb(to praise or flatter: He complimented her on her cooking.) elogiar- with compliments* * *com.pli.ment[k'ɔmplimənt] n 1 cumprimento, elogio, expressão de cortesia. he paid me a compliment / ele fez-me um elogio. 2 cumprimentos, saudações, recomendações. 3 homenagens. • [k'ɔmpliment] vt 1 cumprimentar, saudar. 2 felicitar, congratular. 3 lisonjear, elogiar. he did me the compliment of coming to me ele deu-me a honra de sua visita. in compliment to him em sua honra. to fish for compliment afetar modéstia para provocar elogios. to return a compliment retribuir uma gentileza. with my compliments com minhas saudações. with the compliments of the season com os melhores votos para as festas (de Natal, de Páscoa).
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fish for compliments — Usually said of someone who puts themselves down (similar to false modesty) in the hope that others will contradict them, and in the process, compliment them. Sam: I m no good at drawing!Judy: Nonsense! You re an excellent artist!Bob: Aw, he was… … The small dictionary of idiomes
fish for compliments — verb To try to induce someone to make a compliment. He is fishing for compliments … Wiktionary
fish for compliments — to try to make someone praise you, often by criticizing yourself to them. Emma, you know you don t look fat in that dress. Are you fishing for compliments? (usually in continuous tenses) … New idioms dictionary
fish for compliments — seek praise, search for flattery or admiration … English contemporary dictionary
fish for compliments — to try and obtain praise by subtle of devious means … Dictionary of ichthyology
fish for something — ˈfish for sth derived to try to get sth, or to find out sth, although you are pretending not to • to fish for compliments/information Main entry: ↑fishderived … Useful english dictionary
fish for — [phrasal verb] fish for (something) : to ask for or try to get (something, such as praise or attention) in an indirect way I think he offers apologies for his cooking as a way of fishing for compliments. [=as a way of getting people to say that… … Useful english dictionary
fish for — try to get or to find out (something) by hinting at it She is always fishing for compliments when I see her at work … Idioms and examples
Fish — Fish, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fishing}.] 1. To attempt to catch fish; to be employed in taking fish, by any means, as by angling or drawing a net. [1913 Webster] 2. To seek to obtain by artifice, or indirectly to seek to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fishing for Compliments — Fi|shing for Com|pli|ments 〈[fı̣ʃıŋ fɔ: kɔ̣m ] n.; ; unz.; fig.〉 demonstratives Äußern von selbstkrit. Bemerkungen mit dem Ziel, Anerkennung bzw. positive Äußerungen von anderen zu erfahren [engl., „nach Komplimenten angeln“] * * * Fi|shing for… … Universal-Lexikon
Fishing for Compliments — Fi|shing for Com|pli|ments* [ fiʃiŋ fə kɔmplimənts] das; <zu engl.to fish »angeln« u. compliment »Kompliment«> auffallend bescheidene od. negative Selbstdarstellung [durch die andere sich zu einer positiven Reaktion od. zu Lob veranlasst… … Das große Fremdwörterbuch