Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Fish"

A: Tener cosas más importantes de las que ocuparse

A: a fish out of water :a person who is in a place or situation that seems unnatural or uncomfortable

A: i searched for it and that's what i found ...

A: method of catching fish using toxins or electrocution by battery

A: I think the author is trying to say that when humans give fish food then larger fish are better at pushing other fish away and getting the food. So most of the food that humans give to fish goes to bigger fish.

A: A cold fish is an informal expression for someone who is unemotional and quite unfriendly. They are usually not very social.

Example sentences:

- You'd have to be a pretty cold fish to shake off such a hug.

- He hardly made eye contact and I felt he was a bit of a cold fish.

- She's a lovely person, but her husband's a bit of a cold fish.

- Her husband is such a cold fish that I'm reluctant to have him over for dinner.

- She's such a cold fish that she wouldn't even talk to me when I said hello.

- You won’t find him friendly; he’s rather a cold fish.

A: You wouldn't use 'fishes', as 'fish' is the plural of 'fish'.
'We ate fish for dinner!'
'That smells of fish!'
'I caught a large fish earlier!'

A: To be a big fish in a small pond is to be important but only within a small organisation.

E.g.

John is very talented. His boss promoted him many times. But the company he is working in is so tiny his talent is not fully used. He is a big fish in a small pond.


I was a big fish in a small pond in my old school. But in my new school there are many students who are more popular than me. Now I am a small fish in a big pond!

A: I can't spend any more time on this. I have other fish to fry.

A: I think it is more common to say 'I have bigger fish to fry'. This means you have more important things to worry about.

However, it's not actually too common in normal conversation, you will probably only hear it in TV or in films

A: Yes, absolutely!
But... you could say it about the animal as a pet, too. Usually if someone says "do you like fish" I would think they mean eating fish. But if you are in a pet store, it would mean just think the animal is cool. 😊
For example if someone says "do you have a pet?" "Yes I have a cat. Do you have a pet?" "No, but I'm thinking of getting one. Do you like fish?" That would also be correct language but talking about the animal, not eating. Same sentence, different context. Does that make sense?

A: Honestly nothing. They both use the past tense. English has a lot of these instances. In fact, there are a lot of other ways this sentence could be written in the past tense. The only difference I could think of is that using "had caught" makes it seem like the fish was caught longer ago than just saying caught.

A: either way is fine; I think the word "that" is more natural. but I would rephrase the sentence as a whole to make it sound better:

"while I was away, my brother, who came (home?) from the baseball game, ate the fish I caught"

A: "I can't eat fish" sounds like you're forced to not eat it because of a fish allergy. (私は魚が食べられない)

"I don't eat fish" sounds like you can eat it, but you choose not to. (私は魚を食べない)

A: There are words in English that have no Chinese equivalent that are called "articles". There are three articles:

The
A
An

They all come before nouns.

Saying "The fish" would mean it was the only fish in the world.

Saying "a fish" would mean that you are talking about a certain fish, even though other fish exist.

You would not say "an fish" because the article "an" only comes before nouns that start with vowels: "a,e,i,o,u".

The article "a" always comes before nouns that start with consonants, which is all of the letters except for a,e,i,o, and u.

" One fish" is just "一鱼”

A: "have bigger fish to fry"
-to have more important or more interesting things to do or attend to

A: I would also say you’re in front of welcome so it becomes “you’re welcome to try it.”

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A: Sorry, accidentally deleted my response.

They both mean the same thing. The first one sounds more natural.

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I don't like catching fish alive.

A: I have a fish bone stuck in my throat. (O)
A fish bone has stuck in my throat. (X)
A fish bone stuck in my throat. (X)
A fish bone got stuck in my throat. (O)

A: × It was tasty.
✓ It was (very,really,extremely,massively,wonderfully,amazingly,totally) tasty.

× I ordered large rice, because it required an extra charge, but it was a bit too much for me.
✓ I ordered large rice though it required an extra charge, but it was a bit too much for me.

'Because' makes it sound like you ordered large rice as you wanted to spend more.
I chucked in a load of adverbs for you, no extra charge 😉

A: × The fish that I caught have the poisonous.
✓ The fish that I caught has/had poison

The fish that I caught was poisonous

A: × I cooked “Ikanago-no-Kugin”that is small fishes boiled in soy sause and suger.
✓ I cooked “Ikanago-no-Kugin” which is small fish boiled in soy sauce and sugar.

× It’s a traditional dish of Hyogo prefecture Japan.
✓ It’s a traditional dish from Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.

× It would usually, my mother-in-low cooked it looks so delicious, but this year she got sick and hospitalized.
✓ Usually my mother-in-law would cook it and it would look very delicious, but this year she got sick and was hospitalized.

× She taught me how to cook it on the phone from the hospital.
✓ She taught me how to cook it over the phone from the hospital.

× Fortunately, I have seen she cooked before,
✓ Fortunately, I have seen her cook it before,

× I could do it well.
✓ therefore I could do it well.

× My family ate it and said “It is nearly grandma’s taste.”
✓ My family ate it and said “it tastes nearly the same as grandma’s.”

Some of the things you were trying to say were a bit unclear but I tried my best to re-word it in the best possible way.