«Give me a fish, and I will eat for today
Teach me how to fish, and
I will eat for the rest of my life» - English proverb

Competition of linguists!

 Now on east horoscope it is the time to congratulate fishes!

Which proverbs of a saying about fishes do You know ?

Feel yourself, like a duck to water! (LOL! If is it correct in English? How is it correct? Maybe, Ducks on water? in water? under water?)

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Feel yourself, like a fish in water!

Lydia

Hi Lydia,

Cool topic. The month of pisces.

Here are a few fish quotes for ya.

“All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws”

“If today were a fish I'd throw it back”

“When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain”

And now for some duck ones.

"If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, looks like a duck, it must be a duck”

“With a rubber duck, one's never alone”

“Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.”

“Happy as a duck in water”

And to sum up with a regular bird one.

"birds of a feather flock/fly together"

Shalom,

Peter

Hi Linguist Peter!

Thanks for beautiful Proverbs ans Sayings.

In Russian we have saying - "немой как рыба" - "Dumb as a fish"

And here - animated carton about speaking fish, enjoy!

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Greetings, Lydia

Sunny Greetings from California, Lydia!

Here are some of my favorite sayings on the fishy topic

“No good fish goes anywhere without a porpoise”

~Lewis Carroll (1832-1898), English novelist 

“Do not tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don't tell them where they know the fish”
~Mark Twain (1835-1910), American novelist

"It has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his intelligence up against a fish and loses had it coming."
~John Steinbeck (1902-1968), American novelist

Until next time--

Have a Blessed Week!

JoAnne Green
Principal / International Risk Management Advisor


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