queer fish

English

queer fish (plural queer fish)

(dated, chiefly Britain) An odd or eccentric person.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 54:
  To these people, native and European, he was a queer fish, but they were used to queer fish, and they took him for granted; the world was full of odd persons, who did odd things; and perhaps they knew that a man is not what he wants to be, but what he must be.
- 1974 April 21, Vincent Canby, "Movie Review: The Conversation," New York Times (retrieved 24 Feb 2014):
  Harry is a queer fish indeed. He is suspicious of everybody and everything.

单词	queer fish
释义	queer fish English Pronunciation (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkwiːɹˌfɪʃ/ Noun queer fish (plural queer fish) (dated, chiefly Britain) An odd or eccentric person. 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 54: To these people, native and European, he was a queer fish, but they were used to queer fish, and they took him for granted; the world was full of odd persons, who did odd things; and perhaps they knew that a man is not what he wants to be, but what he must be. 1974 April 21, Vincent Canby, "Movie Review: The Conversation," New York Times (retrieved 24 Feb 2014): Harry is a queer fish indeed. He is suspicious of everybody and everything. Synonyms See Thesaurus:outcast
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