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• Fish, Soap and Bonds by Larry Fondation — Fish, Soap and Bonds (2007) is the third novel by American author Larry Fondation. The book narrates the story of three homeless people navigating the streets of Los Angeles: Fish, a former insurance salesman, Soap, a recent divorcee, and Bonds,… …   Wikipedia

• fish or cut bait — (USA) This idiom is used when you want to tell someone that it is time to take action …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• fish quotations — an arbitrary selection follows and also includes proverbs, rhymes, fragments of show tunes, and ditties (as Q lacks piscine entries). Some other proverbs appear in the letter files: 1 Anaximander says that men were first produced in fishes, and… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• Fish diseases and parasites — This gizzard shad has VHS, a deadly infectious disease which causes bleeding. It afflicts over 50 species of freshwater and marine fish in the northern hemisphere.[1] Like humans and other animals, fish suffer from diseases and parasites. Fish… …   Wikipedia

• Fish Rap Live! — Infobox Student Newspaper colour = #d9d9ff name = Fish Rap Live! caption = Banner created by Drew Breunig, ©2005. school = University of California, Santa Cruz slogan = nickname = FRL! type = College newspaper editor = Sabrina Vogeley advisor =… …   Wikipedia

• fish or cut bait — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. Decide what you want to do and stop wasting time; either act now or give someone else a chance or turn. * /Jack couldn t decide whether to go to college or get a job, so his father told him to fish or cut bait./ * / Buy… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• fish or cut bait — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. Decide what you want to do and stop wasting time; either act now or give someone else a chance or turn. * /Jack couldn t decide whether to go to college or get a job, so his father told him to fish or cut bait./ * / Buy… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• fish\ or\ cut\ bait — v. phr. informal 1. Decide what you want to do and stop wasting time; either act now or give someone else a chance or turn. Jack couldn t decide whether to go to college or get a job, so his father told him to fish or cut bait. Buy the kind of… …   Словарь американских идиом

• fish — [[t]fɪ̱ʃ[/t]] ♦♦ fishes, fishing, fished (The form fish is usually used for the plural, but fishes can also be used.) 1) N COUNT A fish is a creature that lives in water and has a tail and fins. There are many different kinds of fish. An expert… …   English dictionary

• Fish Leong — Infobox Chinese language singer and actor name = Fish Leong caption = chinesename = tradchinesename = 梁靜茹 simpchinesename = 梁静茹 pinyinchinesename = Liáng Jìngrú jyutpingchinesename = birthname = Leong Chui Peng (梁翠萍) ancestry = Shunde, Guangdong …   Wikipedia

• fish for — {v.}, {informal} To try to get or to find out (something), by hinting or by a roundabout way to try to lead someone else to give or tell you what you want by hinting. * /Jerry was always fishing for an invitation to Bob s house./ * /Near… …   Dictionary of American idioms