10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAKE FISH OF ONE AND FLESH OF ANOTHER»
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make fish of one and flesh of another in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
make fish of one and flesh of another and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Wordsworth Dictionary
of Idioms
... an uncomfortable or unaccustomed situation; ill at ease: The middle-aged
woman felt like a fish out of water at her daughter's party. make fish of one and
flesh of another (formal) to treat one thing (unfairly) as being different from
another: I'm ...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
To make fish of one and flesh of another. 1639: Clarke, 182, 1 will not make
fleshe of one, and fish of the other. 1709: O. Dykes, Eng. Proverbs, 137, If the
father proves such a partial fool ... as to make fish of one [child ], and flesh of
another.
George Latimer Apperson, Martin H. Manser, Stephen J. Curtis, 2005
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Rajpal Dictionary
Of English Idioms & Phrases
... of turn Make figure: Be conspicuous * He has made a figure of himself by
putting on that fancy dress Make fish of one and flesh of another: Make invidious
distinction * It would be injustice on our part to make fish of one and flesh of
another in ...
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Respectfully dedicated to the Congress
of the U.States. [A ...
Why, then again, “make fish of one and flesh of another?”-—Again, as Mr. Foote
says, further, "Mr. Gales the experienced editor of the National Intelligencer was
frank and liberal enough to say, on Saturday last, that according to the terms of ...
Thomas RITCHIE (Editor of the “Richmond Enquirer.”.), 1852
... an uncomfortable or unaccustomed situation; ill at ease: The middle-aged
woman felt like a fish out of water at her daughter's party. make fish of one and
flesh of another (j'ormal) to treat one thing (unfairly) as being different from
another: I'm ...
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IF I CAN YOU CAN LEARN ENGLISH TOO!
FISH Make fish of one and flesh of another: To make undesirable distinction. As
teachers they should not make fish of one and flesh of another. Fish in troubled
waters: To try to gain some advantage during period of unrest. China always
looks ...
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Early American Proverbs
and Proverbial Phrases
F156 (To make) Fish of one and flesh of another 1814 Wirt Bachelor 15: Fish of
one and flesh of another. Oxford 264; Tilley F314. F157 To swim like a Fish a
1820 Biddle Autobiography 76: He ... swam like a fish. Oxford 794; TW 136(14).
Bartlett Jere Whiting, 1977
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A Selection from the Writings
of the Late James Platt
You would not allow him to make fish of one and flesh of another, though he
regularly does so, both literally and morally. Armim'an. Indeed, sir; how, and by
whom? Reasoner. Why, is he not the Maker of all things? and cannot you see a ...
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Sugar
and Spice... Exploring Food
and Drink Idioms in English
... TAKE THE BREAD OUT OF SOMEBODY'S MOUTH , TURN OUT CRABS ,
TEACH ONE'S GRANDMOTHER TO SUCK EGGS , WALK ON EGGS , MAKE
FISH OF ONE AND FLESH OF ANOTHER , GET/HAVE ONE'S GRUEL , SHARE/
SLICE ...
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Comprehensive English-Hindi dictionary:
I To make fish of one and flesh of another, to make unreasonable distinctions 3T-
jf^T TOT I To drink like a fish, to take wine excessively 3TcTfsTT> ?RR TRT I
Queer fish, a person of strange habits WfTrT; f^T? 3TKTT I Neither fish nor flesh, ...
Bholānātha Tivārī, Amaranātha Kapūra, Viśvaprakāśa Gupta, 1998
