a different kettle of fish
Something else entirely; a completely different matter.
Fish · Cá 200
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a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle
A woman is capable of living a complete and independent life without a man.
all is fish that comes to the net
Anything that happens can be used for one's advantage.
bói cá
(noun) kingfisher
bầu cua cá cọp
(noun) bầu cua cá cọp, a Vietnamese gambling game played with three dice, similar to Hoo Hey How in China, Kla Klouk in Cambodia, Crown and Anchor in Britain, and chuck-a-luck in America
bắt cá hai tay
If you cannot make up your mind which of two things you should do, you are liable to get yourself into difficulties by doing neither.
bể cá
(noun) aquarium
canh cá chua
sour fish soup
chả cá Lã Vọng
(noun) a dish of fish popular in Hanoi
crooked as a barrel of fish hooks
Very unscrupulous and deceptive.
cá
(noun) fish (vertebrate animal)
cá ba đuôi
(noun) goldfish
cá basa
basa catfish
cá biển
(noun) sea fish; saltwater fish; marine fish
cá biệt
(adjective) particular; unique; individual
cá bông lau
(noun) a type of shark catfish, Pangasius krempfi
cá bơn
(noun) flatfish; sole
cá bột
(noun) juvenile fish, fry
cá chiên
(noun) a devil catfish; dwarf goonch (of the species Bagarius bagarius)
cá chuối
(noun) snakehead
cá chuồn
(noun) a flying fish
cá cháy
(noun) a fish from the genus Tenualosa (in the family Clupeidae)
cá chép
(noun) carp, specifically the common carp
cá chét
(noun) a fourfinger threadfin (of the species Eleutheronema tetradactylum)
cá chạch
(noun) loach
cá chẽm
(noun) a barramundi
cá chốt
(noun) certain bagrid, chiefly in the genera Mystus and Pseudomystus
cá cóc
(noun) salamander
cá cóc Tam Đảo
(noun) Tam Dao salamander
cá cúi
(noun) dugong (Dugong dugon)
cá cơm
(noun) anchovy
cá cờ
(noun) paradisefish
cá diêu hồng
(noun) red tilapia
cá giếc
(noun) a crucian carp
cá gỗ
(adjective) wooden fish
cá heo
(noun) dolphin
cá hấp
steamed fish
cá hẻn
(noun) airbreathing catfish
cá hề
(noun) a clownfish
cá hố
(noun) largehead hairtail, cutlassfish (Trichiurus lepturus)
cá hồi
(noun) a salmon (fish)
cá hồng
(noun) a red snapper
cá hổ kình
(noun) killer whale
cá kho tộ
(noun) Vietnamese braised and caramelised catfish (a southern Vietnamese dish)
cá kiếm
(noun) swordfish
cá kèo
(noun) Pseudapocryptes elongatus
cá kình
(noun) whale
cá leo
(noun) Wallago attu
cá linh
(noun) fish in the genus Henicorhynchus
cá lác
(noun) mudskipper
cá lìm kìm
(noun) various fish of the family Zenarchopteridae
cá lòng tong
(noun) certain small fishes in Cyprinidae, particularly those in the genus Luciosoma
cá lóc
(noun) snakehead
cá lăng
(noun) bagrid catfish, naked catfish (especially species present in Vietnam)
cá lạc
(noun) Indian pike conger (Congresox talabonoides)
cá lớn nuốt cá bé
survival of the fittest; big fish eat little fish
cá mang rổ
(noun) archerfish
cá mè một lứa
birds of a feather flock together
cá mòi
(noun) sardine; pilchard
cá mú
(noun) grouper
cá măng
(noun) Elopichthys bambusa
cá mập
(noun) shark (especially the bigger species)
cá mặt trăng
(noun) an ocean sunfish (Mola mola).
cá mối
(noun) Saurida umeyoshii
cá mực
(noun) inkfish (a cephalopod of the Coleoidea subclass, which comprises octopuses, squids, and cuttlefish)
cá ngát
(noun) eeltail catfish
cá ngão
(noun) predatory carp (Chanodichthys erythropterus)
cá ngựa
(noun) a sea horse (fish)
cá nheo
(noun) a silurid (catfish of the Siluridae family)
cá nhà táng
(noun) sperm whale
cá nhám
(noun) shark (especially the smaller species)
cá nhồng
(noun) barracuda
cá nóc
(noun) most members in the Tetraodontiformes order; pufferfish
cá nóc mít
(noun) Somphong's puffer (Carinotetraodon lorteti)
cá nước
(noun) fish and water
cá nược
(noun) Irrawaddy dolphin
cá phổi
(noun) lungfish
cá quả
(noun) snakehead
cá rô
(noun) climbing perch
cá rô phi
(noun) tilapia
cá rô đồng
(noun) climbing perch (Anabas testudineus)
cá răng đao
(noun) piranha
cá sấu
(noun) crocodile
cá sặc
(noun) gourami
cá sộp
(noun) snakehead
cá tai tượng
(noun) giant gourami (Osphronemus goramy)
cá thia
(noun) a fish belonging to the family Pomacentridae: the damselfishes and clownfishes
cá thiều
(noun) giant catfish, Netuma thalassina
cá thu
(noun) mackerel
cá tháng tư
(noun) April Fools' Day
cá thát lát
(noun) bronze featherback
cá thính
(noun) a pickled/salted fish dish
cá thể
(noun) individual
cá thờn bơn
(noun) a fish of the taxonomic order Pleuronectiformes: the flatfish, including flounders, soles, turbot, plaice, and halibut
cá tra
(noun) iridescent shark (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus)
cá tràu
(noun) snakehead
cá trê
(noun) airbreathing catfish
cá trích
(noun) various fish of the genus Sardinella
cá trắm
(noun) grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)
cá trắm cỏ
(noun) grass carp
cá trứng
(noun) capelin, Mallotus villosus (a type of smelt found in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans)
cá tuyết
(noun) a codfish
cá tính
(noun) one's own personality; individuality
cá tầm
(noun) sturgeon
cá viên
(noun) fish ball
cá voi
(noun) whale
cá voi lưng gù
(noun) humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
cá voi sát thủ
(noun) a killer whale
cá vàng
(noun) goldfish
cá vược
(noun) a barramundi
cá vền
(noun) carp bream
cá ông
(noun) whale
cá ông chuông
(noun) false killer whale
cá đao
(noun) sawfish
cá điêu hồng
(noun) red tilapia
cá đuối
(noun) a ray; batoid (fish of the superorder Batoidea)
cá đù
(noun) croaker, drumfish
cá đối
(noun) a mullet
cơm chiên cá mặn
(noun) Vietnamese fried rice with salted fish, chopped snow pea and chicken
cờ cá ngựa
(noun) jeu des petits chevaux
diếp cá
(noun) heartleaf (Houttuynia cordata)
don't fish off the company dock
Synonym of you don't dip your pen in company ink.
drink like a fish
To drink (especially alcohol) heavily and in excess.
dumb as a fish
Utterly mute; never speaking.
dấu cá
(noun) the 𖿰, a signifier commonly placed to the right of a phonogram in a Nôm text, indicates that this character should not be read with its Sino-Vietnamese reading or should be read with an alternative reading.
dầu gan cá
(noun) cod liver oil
ex-lax fish
Synonym of escolar (an oily marine fish with white flesh, reminiscent of, and fraudulently passed off as, tuna)
fish and company stink after three days
A guest who overstays will cease to be welcome.
fish cop
An officer of a fish and wildlife conservation commission.
fish down
To move down the trophic chain of seafood, i.e. moving from fishing top-level predators to fishes lower in the food chain, as a result of overfishing affecting top-level predators first.
fish food
A person who dies by drowning.
fish out of water
Refers to a person who is in unfamiliar, and often uncomfortable surroundings.
fish scale
An early 5 cent coin of Canada; an early Canadian nickel.
fish tank
A section of a prison for newly arrived inmates.
fish up
To produce or find by fishing.
fish wrap
A newspaper or magazine, especially one whose news reports are considered uninteresting or unreliable and whose editorial opinions are regarded with indifference or disapproval.
give a man a fish
Ellipsis of give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
giận cá chém thớt
to take out one's anger on someone who was not at fault
haunted fish tank
A television set.
hồ cá
(noun) a fish tank; an aquarium
like shooting fish in a barrel
Extremely easy; sometimes with a connotation of triumph but at other times with a connotation of being meaningless and unsatisfying.
láu cá
(adjective) smart; cunning
mad as a fish
Demented, crazy.
mèo mù vớ cá rán
To get lucky far beyond one’s ability or effort — undeserved windfall.
mắt cá
(noun) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mắt, cá.
neither fish nor fowl
Of indefinite character and difficult to identify.
người bán cá
fish seller; fishmonger
người câu cá
angler; person who fishes
như cá gặp nước
Perfectly in one’s element; thriving in exactly the right environment.
nàng tiên cá
(noun) mermaid
não cá vàng
(adjective) having a poor memory; forgetful
nước mắt cá sấu
crocodile tears
only dead fish go with the flow
Conforming to the influences of others does not allow a person to follow their own goals and desires.
rái cá
(noun) otter
shooting fish in a barrel
Frivolously performing a simple task.
sleep with the fishes
To be murdered and thrown into a body of water.
soup and fish
Men's formal white tie dress.
swim like a fish
To be a very strong swimmer.
the cat would eat fish but would not wet her feet
In order to achieve something, it is inevitable and necessary that some sacrifices be made.
the fish rots from the head
Bad leaders harm an organization.
there are plenty of fish in the sea
There are many more potential opportunities available.
there's always a bigger fish
No matter how large or intimidating a person or thing is, there is likely to be an even larger or more intimidating person or thing somewhere.
thuốc cá
(noun) derris
thả con săn sắt, bắt con cá rô
To give up something small in order to gain something bigger — a small bait for a large catch.
thả cá nhỏ, bắt cá lớn
release a small fish to catch a big fish
thề cá trê chui ống
empty promise; vain promise; false promise
trứng cá
(noun) a fish egg(s); roe
you don't fish off the company pier
Synonym of you don't dip your pen in company ink.
ó cá
(noun) osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
a fish out of water
Said of a person who is out of his usual environment and so feels awkward and in the way; also of one who is without his usual occupation and is restless in consequence.
a kettle of fish
An old Border name for a kind of fete champe*tre> or picnic by the river- side in which newly caught salmon is the chief dish. Having thickened some water with salt to the consistency of brine, the salmon is put therein and boiled; and when fit for eating, the company partake in gipsy fashion. The dis- comfort of this sort of picnic probably gave rise to the phrase "A pretty kettle of fish," meaning an awkward state of affairs, a mess, a muddle.
a loose fish
A man of loose or dissolute habits. Fish as applied to a human being usually carries with it a mildly derogatory implication.
a queer fish
An eccentric person, All is fish that comes to my net. I turn everything to some use; I am willing to deal in anything out of which I can make a profit.
all cats love fish but hate to get their paws wet
People often desire benefits without taking risks or making efforts.
bait the hook well and the fish will bite
Make an attractive offer to get someone interested
big fish
An important or influential person
big fish eat little fish
The powerful prey on the weak.
big fish in a small pond
Someone important in a limited environment
bigger fish to fry
More important things to attend to
chim sa cá lặn
A time of great chaos or upheaval
cold fish
A person who is unemotional or unresponsive
con cá đánh ngã bát cơm
A small mistake can ruin the whole situation
cá bống
(noun) goby
cá chình
(noun) eel
cá không ăn muối cá ươn
If you don't take care of something, it will deteriorate
cá mè
(noun) barb
cá mặt quỷ
stonefish
cá ngừ
(noun) tuna
cá ngừ đại dương
(noun) tuna
cá nằm trốc thớt
Someone is in a very difficult or precarious situation
cá vàng bụng bọ
A person with a beautiful appearance but bad character
câu cá
fishing; angling
có cá đổ vạ cho cơm
Blame someone or something else for one's own mistakes
có má ở nhà có cá mà ăn
Having a strong family background gives one confidence and courage
dead fish
Someone who is unresponsive or expressionless
fish
A seaman. A scaly fish; a rough, blunt tar. To have other fish to fry; to have other matters to mind, something else to do.
fish
A person; "a queer FISH," "a loose FISH." Term never used except in doubtful cases, as those quoted.
Fish always rots from the head downwards (The fish rots from the head down)
Corruption or decay starts at the top level of leadership
fish and chips
a traditional British dish of fried fish and potatoes
fish and guests smell after three days
Things that are initially welcome can become unpleasant over time