fish tank
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fish tank
First recorded in 1880-85
Example Sentences
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Many directors may feel that if you chose to watch Fish Tank instead, that would be the dog’s bollocks.
From The Guardian • Jul. 18, 2019
Arnold, the British director of Fish Tank and Red Road, prepared for her first American movie with an extensive cross-country road trip.
From The Verge • Sep. 29, 2016
JC: I was going to say that after her movie "Fish Tank," some people worried if she was box-office poisson.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2016
Compared with the dire conditions found in Faridpur and Reynosa, the women who work at the Fish Tank have almost middle-class lives.
From Salon • May 18, 2012
Fish Tank director Andrea Arnold was also behind a recent adaptation of Wuthering Heights "All 22 films in the official selection were written, happy coincidence, by 22 men."
From BBC • May 16, 2012
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