Fish+for
1fish for — {v.}, {informal} To try to get or to find out (something), by hinting or by a roundabout way to try to lead someone else to give or tell you what you want by hinting. * /Jerry was always fishing for an invitation to Bob s house./ * /Near… …
2fish for — {v.}, {informal} To try to get or to find out (something), by hinting or by a roundabout way to try to lead someone else to give or tell you what you want by hinting. * /Jerry was always fishing for an invitation to Bob s house./ * /Near… …
3fish for a compliment — {v, phr.} To try to make someone pay a compliment. * /When Jim showed me his new car, I could tell that he was fishing for a compliment./ …
4fish for a compliment — {v, phr.} To try to make someone pay a compliment. * /When Jim showed me his new car, I could tell that he was fishing for a compliment./ …
5fish for stamps — fishing long enough to be eligible for unemployment insurance (Newfoundland) …
6fish for compliments — verb To try to induce someone to make a compliment. He is fishing for compliments …
7fish for — to try subtly or deviously to obtain information or a response …
8fish for compliments — to try and obtain praise by subtle of devious means …
9fish for herring and catch a whale — to get a result other than the expected one …
10fish for oneself — 1) to get all one can, to seek one s own profit exclusively 2) to rely on one s own efforts …
