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Jimmy Hung
2021-05-10 02:05
An odd/a queer fish British old-fashioned informal
Used to describe somebody who thinks or behaves in a strange way, or who is unusual and eccentric
If you wear this dress to the wedding, everybody will think you are a queer fish.
He's an odd fish in my class.
She is such a odd fish. She needs to be brought down to earth.
To do something in an unusual way
Used to ask whether the word "funny" is being used to mean "humorous" or "strange"
If someone wants to curl up and die, they feel very sorry, ashamed or embarrassed about what happened and wish they could hide it or escape from it.
An embrace in which one or both participants attempt to limit their physical contact by pushing their buttocks away from each other
Entering the English language in the 16th century, queer originally meant "strange", "odd", "peculiar", or "eccentric". It might refer to something suspicious or "not quite right", or to a person with mild derangement or who exhibits socially inappropriate behaviour
Do you see anything wrong?
If you fall for someone's trick the first time then they are at fault.
Are you going to mess with me again? Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
