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make fish of one and fowl of another

make fish of one and fowl of another is the alternative form of make fish of one and flesh of another.

Meaning of make fish of one and flesh of another

Verb

make fish of one and flesh of another (third-person singular simple present makes fish of one and flesh of another, present participle making fish of one and flesh of another, simple past and past participle made fish of one and flesh of another)

  1. To make distinctions unfairly; to show undue partiality to one side.

Forms of make fish of one and fowl of another

third-person singular presentmakes fish of one and fowl of another
present participlemaking fish of one and fowl of another
past participlemade fish of one and fowl of another
pastmade fish of one and fowl of another

Questions about make fish of one and fowl of another

What is make fish of one and fowl of another the alternative form of?
Make fish of one and fowl of another is the alternative form of make fish of one and flesh of another.

Words near make fish of one and fowl of another in the dictionary

  1. make fast
  2. make fetch happen
  3. make file
  4. make files
  5. make fish of one and flesh of another
  6. make fish of one and fowl of another
  7. make for
  8. make foul water
  9. make free of
  10. make free with
  11. make friendly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: make fish of one and fowl of another (page history and authors); make fish of one and flesh of another (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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