Idiom
odd fish
Meaning
An unusual thing or eccentric person.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He is a bit of an odd fish, but he is kind.”
“Everyone in the office thinks the new manager is an odd fish because he only eats raw vegetables at his desk.”
“The reclusive scholar was considered an odd fish by his peers, as he spent his entire life studying ancient languages in complete isolation.”
Examples
simple
“He is a bit of an odd fish, but he is kind.”
contextual
“Everyone in the office thinks the new manager is an odd fish because he only eats raw vegetables at his desk.”
complex
“The reclusive scholar was considered an odd fish by his peers, as he spent his entire life studying ancient languages in complete isolation.”
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