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There are plenty of fish in the sea

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  1. There are lots of potential mates in the world.


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This saying is often used to console a person who has lost a girlfriend or boyfriend.

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There are plenty of fish in the sea, lakes, and rivers.

From Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics by Shute, A. B.

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