beached whale
A very obese person.
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jumping the shark
A creative work, an idea or entity reaching a point in which it has exhausted its core intent and is introducing new ideas that are discordant with its original purpose.
land rights for gay whales
A parody of typical Greens policies and those that support them.
like kicking dead whales down the beach
Very slow and difficult.
shark up
To gather (something) together; to collect (something).
slough shark
northern pike
thick as a whale omelette
Extremely stupid.
very like a whale
Highly improbable; not to be believed.
whale
To thrash, to flog, to beat vigorously or soundly.
whale away
To whale on something in an ongoing manner (i.e., with progressive aspect).
whale on
To strike an opponent heavily and repeatedly in a fight.
whale tail
An unintentional display of a thong above the waistband of trousers etc.
whale's tail
The distal bifurcation of the left anterior descending coronary artery.
flog the dolphin
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
half is more than the whale
This is what Hcsiod said to his brother Perseus, when he wished him to settle a dispute without going to law. He meant ",half of the estate without the expense of law will be better than the whole after the lawyers have had their pickings.'* The remark, however, has a very wide signification.
have a whale of a time
To have a very enjoyable and exciting experience
jump the shark
to pass the peak of success and begin to decline
Set a herring to catch a whale. (Strauss, 1994 p. 1134)
Use a small or trivial thing to get something much bigger or more important.
shark
A sharper: perhaps from his preying upon any one he can lay hold of. Also a custom-house officer, or tide-waiter. Sharks; the first order of pickpockets. BOW-STREET TERM, A.D. 1785.
shark
A sharper, a swindler. Bow Street term in 1785, now in most dictionaries.—Friesic and Danish, SCHURK. See LAND-SHARK.
shark bait
Someone or something vulnerable to exploitation
swim with sharks
To engage in a risky or competitive situation
to shark up
To get a number of people, etc., together promiscuously, without consideration of their fitness.
wax the dolphin
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
whale
"very like a WHALE," said of anything that is very improbable. A speech of Polonius’s in Hamlet.
wouldn't shout if a shark bit him
Someone extremely quiet or uncommunicative