it's important for you to learn to use some “fishy expressions” and I have some seven

fishy expressions for you here.

Hey friends, it’s me Niharika, welcome back. Well do

you eat fish or do you go fishing? Well doesn't matter but if you are learning English then

it's nice to know some fishy expressions that you can use in your conversation. So I have

some fishy expressions for you and let's see what exactly do they mean and how you can

use them. The first one that I have for you is, “to smell fishy”. Oh yes! Fish does

have bad odor but when I use the expression to smell fishy, it doesn't mean that I am

saying that the fish stinks, no, the expression means to suspect. You know when you suspect

someone or something it means it smells fishy. So for example your friend is trying to justify

himself about something and you don't believe him, you think he's lying, so his justification

has no point, that's when you can use this expression you can say that, “well his explanation,

I just don't believe him, I smell something fishy.” So wherein you are suspecting him,

right? Moving on to another expression that I have for you is, “to fish for a compliment”.

“So people, how do I look today?” Well when you are all dressed up, you're wearing

something really nice, you expect people to be nice, to you to say something which is

really nice. That means that you are fishing for a compliment. Yes! So to fish for a compliment

it means that you are expecting others to say something nice to you. So my friend comes

up wearing a new dress and she just looks at me, I just know it that she is fishing

for a compliment. Yes! So I am really nice and therefore I compliment her by saying that,

“Wow! You look amazing tonight”, alright? Moving on to the third expression that I have

for you, “to live in a fishbowl”. Well to live in a fishbowl it means to live in

a place where everyone is watching you, keeping an eye on you. Like our movie stars, yes,

any famous personality well the media, the people, everyone is watching them. They just

don't have any personal life. So which means that “movie artists live in a fishbowl”.

Even if you live or you belong to a small town where everyone knows about you, you know

keeps an eye on you, they just know what's going on in your life. So it means that you

live in a fishbowl. So have you seen a fishbowl before? Right it's just so tiny and you can

just see the fish all day long. So that's how you can use this expression for someone

who lives in such a place where everybody is keeping an eye on him or her. Someone is

always watching you. Moving on to the next expression which is “to be like a fish out

of water”. Yes, when you are not in your comfort zone, okay? Maybe it's a new place,

maybe you're hanging out with new friends, new people and you are not yourself. You know

you feel a little awkward, you're a little uncomfortable, so it means that you are like

a fish out of water. So when you are out of your comfort zone, that's when you can use

this expression. For example “I attended a party last night and trust me I felt like

a fish out of water”. So because I was not very comfortable with the kind of people who

were there, who were attending the party, so that's why I used this expression, okay?

Moving on to the next expression “cold fish”. “Oh! John, who works in my office, he is

such a cold fish”. So what exactly does this expression mean? Well cold fish it means

someone who is very unfriendly. Yes, who doesn't even bother to talk to you, there are people,

right? There are people who just don't talk to you, they're in their own world, so you

can call them cold fish. “Hey, stop being a cold fish, why don't you come out with us

for some lunch?” Okay, that's how you can use this expression in your conversation.

So cold fish is a person who is not friendly, okay? Moving on to the next one, “to drink

like a fish”. Yes, who drinks like a fish? Person who loves alcohol way too much. So

someone who consumes large amount of alcohol, that is the person who drinks like a fish.

So next time you're in a party and you see someone drinking too much of alcohol, use

this expression, “hey you need to stop, you’re drinking like a fish.” Okay, so

someone who's drinking too much of alcohol or alcoholic beverages then he drinks like

a fish, okay? And then the last expression that I have for you is, “there are plenty

of other fish in the sea”. Well it's a very humorous remark for a person who has just

broken up. So a friend of mine just broke up with her boyfriend last week and I said

to her, “Oh honey, don't you worry because there are plenty of other fish in the sea.”

So it means that you are trying to tell her that you need not worry he's not just the

one, well there are too many options for you. So yes if you think that a person is really

sad, upset about a bad relationship, then use this. Tell him or her that don't you worry

there are plenty of other fish in the sea. So it means that you have many, many more

options, okay? Alright so let's just quickly go through these fishing expressions that

you can use in your conversation, we have to smell fishy well it means to suspect someone

or something, we have to fish for a compliment well here you're fishing for a nice compliment

it means that you want someone to say something nice to you, to live in a fishbowl well then

someone is keeping an eye on you, to be like a fish out of water well when you are out

of your comfort zone you feel a little awkward and uncomfortable with the people around you,

cold fish is used for a person who is not very friendly, we have to drink like a fish

well someone who consumes too much of alcohol and then the last one the funny remark there

are plenty of other fish in the sea it means that don't you re you have too many options.

Okay so start using them use it in your conversation confidently and you will see the difference

and I'll be back with a new lesson soon till then you take care