queer fish

queer fish
{n.} A strange or unusual person who does odd things. * /Uncle Algernon dresses in heavy furs in the summer and short-sleeved shirts in the winter. No wonder everyone considers him a queer fish./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • queer fish — (UK) A strange person is a queer fish …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • queer fish — n. a strange person; an aloof person. □ She’s a bit odd. Sort of a queer fish. □ He’s a queer fish. Don’t you agree? …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • queer fish — odd fish or queer fish A person of odd habits, or of a nature with which one is not in sympathy • • • Main Entry: ↑fish …   Useful english dictionary

  • queer fish — {n.} A strange or unusual person who does odd things. * /Uncle Algernon dresses in heavy furs in the summer and short sleeved shirts in the winter. No wonder everyone considers him a queer fish./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • queer\ fish — noun A strange or unusual person who does odd things. Uncle Algernon dresses in heavy furs in the summer and short sleeved shirts in the winter. No wonder everyone considers him a queer fish …   Словарь американских идиом

  • queer fish — (UK)    A strange person is a queer fish.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • Queer fish —   (UK)   A strange person is a queer fish …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • queer fish — an eccentric; a term of contempt applied to people (slang) …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • queer fish — noun /ˈkwiːɹˌfɪʃ/ An odd or eccentric person …   Wiktionary

  • queer fish — odd person, strange person …   English contemporary dictionary

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