pick

fowl

See: NEITHER FISH NOR FOWL.

No categories:

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

Subscribe to: American Idioms

English Slang

✉

We are in Telegram

Our RSS-feeds

Show All

See as well

neither fish nor fowl

[neither fish nor fowl] also [neither fish, flesh, nor fowl] Something or someone that does not belong to a definite group or known class; a strange person or thing; someone […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

flesh

[flesh] See: [IN PERSON] also [IN THE FLESH], [NEITHER FISH NOR FOWL] also [NEITHER FISH], [FLESH, NOR FOWL], [PRESS THE FLESH], [THORN IN THE FLESH]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

nor

[nor] See: [NEITHER FISH NOR FOWL], [NEITHER HERE NOR THERE], [NEITHER HIDE NOR HAIR]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

fish

[fish] See: [COLD FISH], [KETTLE OF FISH], [NEITHER FISH NOR FOWL], [NOT THE ONLY FISH IN THE SEA], [OTHER FISH TO FRY]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

Recent updates

Chinese proverb

Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet.

Idioms to Learn Today

Flashcard learning set.Check yourself now!Try flashcard test by definitions or by descriptions.Set includes the following […]

make sense

[make sense] {v. phr.} 1. To be something you can understand or explain; not be difficult or strange. * /The explanation in […]

strike one funny

[strike one funny] {v. phr.} To appear or seem laughable, curious, ironic, or entertaining. * /"It strikes me funny," he […]

Marilyn Pearson

Behind every successful man stands a surprised woman.

Idioms to Learn Today

Learn/refresh your knowledge against this set!Then check yourself by running flashcard test by definitions or by descriptions.

freeze out

[freeze out] {v.}, {informal} To force out or keep from a share or part in something by unfriendly or dishonest treatment. * […]

the idea

[the idea] or [the very idea] {n. phr.} - Used in exclamations to show that you do not like something. * /The idea! Thinking […]