Fish Expressions

[00:00.00]Americans use many expressions about fish and fishing.#
美国人使用很多和鱼或捕鱼相关的表达。#

[00:06.24]For example, if something sounds fishy, it may not be true.#
例如，如果什么事情听上去fishy（可疑的），它可能不是真实的。#

[00:12.74]Sometimes I feel like a fish out of water when I go to a party and everyone but me is doing the latest dance.#
有时当我去参加聚会，除我以外的每个人都在跳最新潮的舞蹈，我感觉就像是a fish out of water（离水的鱼，指格格不入、不自在）。#

[00:23.50]When I ask my friend if she likes my new dress, I would like her to say something nice.#
如果我问朋友她是否喜欢我的新衣服，我希望她说点好听的。#

[00:32.78]In other words, I am fishing for a compliment.#
换句话说，我在fishing for a compliment（寻求恭维）。#

[00:37.07]You might tell someone to fish or cut bait if he repeatedly attempts to do something he is unable to do.#
如果某人一直在重复尝试他力所不能及的事，你可能会告诉他fish or cut bait（当机立断，要么全力以赴，要么放弃）。#

[00:47.29]Sometimes a lawyer will ask a witness many questions in an effort to discover the facts of a court case.#
有时，一个律师会询问证人很多问题，以求发现案件真想。#

[00:57.75]This is called going on a fishing expedition#
.这被称为going on a fishing expedition（进行盘问摸底）。#

[01:02.42]Some expressions involve different kinds of fish.#
有些表达包含不同种类的鱼。#

[01:07.88]Information that is used to draw attention away from the real facts of a situation is called a red herring.#
用于转移注意力的信息被称为red herring（题外话）。#

[01:18.97]If you want to express a feeling of surprise, you might cry “holy mackerel!”#
如果你想表达惊喜，就可以大喊“holy mackerel”。#

[01:26.31]although we do not know why a mackerel is holy.#
虽然我们不知道为什么鲭鱼神圣的。#

[01:31.10]Once I went to a county fair and tried my luck with a game of chance.#
有一次我去县集市玩机会游戏试手气。#

[01:37.90]It was so easy. It was like shooting fish in a barrel.#
它真容易，简直就是like shooting fish in a barrel（射桶里的鱼，意思当然是手到擒来）。#

[01:43.21]Then I went on the fastest, highest and most frightening ride: the roller coaster.#
随后我去乘坐最高、最快和最可怕的过山车。#

[01:51.03]At the end of the ride, I did not feel so well.#
在乘坐结束后，我感觉不太妙。#

[01:55.20]A friend said I looked green around the gills.#
一个朋友说我看上去green around the gills（吓得脸都绿了）。