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cry stinking fish

cry stinking fish verb: to disparage oneself; to say things that make oneself look bad.

Verb

cry stinking fish (third-person singular simple present cries stinking fish, present participle crying stinking fish, simple past and past participle cried stinking fish)

  1. (UK) To disparage oneself; to say things that make oneself look bad.

Synonyms of cry stinking fish

Forms of cry stinking fish

third-person singular presentcries stinking fish
present participlecrying stinking fish
past participlecried stinking fish
pastcried stinking fish

Origin of cry stinking fish

From cry in the sense of offering wares for sale.

Questions about cry stinking fish

What does cry stinking fish mean?
Cry stinking fish means to disparage oneself; to say things that make oneself look bad.
What part of speech is cry stinking fish?
Cry stinking fish is a verb.
What is the past tense of cry stinking fish?
The past tense of cry stinking fish is cried stinking fish.

Words near cry stinking fish in the dictionary

  1. cry over spilt milk
  2. cry poormouth
  3. cry room
  4. cry rooms
  5. cry someone a river
  6. cry stinking fish
  7. cry the blues
  8. cry uncle
  9. cry up
  10. cry wolf
  11. cry-babies

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