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fish in troubled watersTo take advantage from a chaotic situation.Rate it:
fish killAn underwater anoxic event, especially one that causes a crash in fish populationsRate it:
fish killUsed other than as an idiom: see fish, kill.Rate it:
fish or cut baitTo choose between taking action now, or forgoing the opportunity and putting that energy into another endeavor; to decide; do something constructive, but don't just do nothingRate it:
Fish or Cut BaitEither do something or let others do without delaying, to finally make a choiceRate it:
fish outTo deplete the supply of fish in a given body of water.Rate it:
fish out of waterA person in unfamiliar, and often uncomfortable, surroundings.Rate it:
Fish Out of WaterTo feel uncomfortable and out of place while adjusting in a place or situationRate it:
fish to fryA matter to attend to.Rate it:
fish-eating grinA broad smile indicating self-awareness that may suggest self-satisfaction, smugness, discomfort, or embarrassment.Rate it:
fishing expeditionA non-specific search for information, especially incriminating information.Rate it:
fishtailThe tail of a fish, or an object resembling this.Rate it:
fit as a butcher's dogVery fit; in good shape.Rate it:
fit as a fiddlePerfectly fit; in excellent health.Rate it:
Fit as a FiddleBeing in good health and shapeRate it:
fit as a lopIn good health, fitness.Rate it:
fit as a Mallee bullto be in good physical health. The Mallee is a major region for Australia's beef production in western Victoria.Rate it:
fit for a kinglavish; luxuriousRate it:
fit inmake time or spaceRate it:
fit inbelong, conformRate it:
fit intoTo be of the right size and shape to be placed in a location.Rate it:
fit intoTo be of similar cultural or social status as the members of a group of people.Rate it:
fit like a glovePerfectlyRate it:
fit like a gloveTo be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size.Rate it:
Fit like a GloveA person or thing which fits perfectly or snuglyRate it:
fit of furyTo be really angryRate it:
fit of furyit means full of angerRate it:
fit outTo provide a thing, a group, a person or oneself with requisites; to kit out.Rate it:
fit the billTo satisfy a need; to serve a purpose; to fulfill specified requirements.Rate it:
fit the moldPossession of a variety of necessary and appropriate attributes and aptitudes can reveal an individual as fitting the mold for a specific difficult challenge.Rate it:
fit to be tiedVery agitated or distressed; enraged.Rate it:
fit to wake the deadAt a very high volume; extremely loudly.Rate it:
fit togetherTo put the appropriate parts of into a whole; to combine pieces that go together to create a finished object.Rate it:
fit togetherTo be able to be assembled in this way.Rate it:
fit upConspire to incriminate falsely a presumably innocent person.Rate it:
fit upTo furnish with suitable things; to prepare; to fit out.Rate it:
fits and startsActivity which is intermittent, variable in intensity, and prolonged by interruptions.Rate it:
five by fiveI hear you loud and clearRate it:
five will get you tenI strongly believe.Rate it:
five-finger discountTheft or pilferage, typically of a small item; shoplifting.Rate it:
fix someone's wagonTo punish someone; to cause injury, distress, or inconvenience for someone.Rate it:
fix upTo repair or refurbish.Rate it:
Fix Your WagonTo punish someone, to deal someone with annoyance and criticism causing his or her failureRate it:
fixing toGoing to, preparing to, about to, planning on doing, with the implication that it will not happen or be done immediately, but some time in the near future; can be used conditionally.Rate it:
fizzle outTo lose excitement, to become less exciting.Rate it:
flabbergastedastonished or extremely surprisedRate it:
flag downUse a flag or some kind of signal to get the attention of someone.Rate it:
flag upTo mark for attention; to flag.Rate it:
flail aboutTo wave one's arms about violently, rather like a flail.Rate it:
flake outTo flake or be flaky: to prove unreliable; to abandon or desert.Rate it:

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