wet fish

noun

1. 1. fresh fish as opposed to frozen or cooked fish

   2. ( as modifier )

      a wet-fish shop

Example Sentences

As he deadpanned during a tour of team facilities for one of his YouTube videos, Loewe had to use his index finger for the print to secure biometric access to the building because he had “bass thumb” — the skin was too raw from handling all those wet fish.

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Being with her is a relief in a world where holding on to people feels like trying to hold on to wet fish.

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There are still myriad dark little shops selling spices, gaudy plastic mugs, gleaming piles of wet fish and mounds of okra, onions and aubergines.

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Mr. Robbins’s gloomy character sees “ignorance, hatred, terror and rage” winning, which makes his wife yearn to “smack him in the face with a big, wet fish.”

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He came out with the wet fish wrapped in a newspaper.

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