queer fish
UK/ˈkwiːɹˌfɪʃ/
queer fish noun: an odd or eccentric person.
Noun
queer fish (plural queer fish)
- An odd or eccentric person.
- He’s known amongst us as the Arab. I’ve had my eye on him ever since he came to the place. A queer fish he is. I always have said that he’s up to some game or other.1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle
- To these people, native and European, he was a queer fish, but they were used to queer fish, and they took him for granted; the world was full of odd persons, who did odd things; and perhaps they knew that a man is not what he wants to be, but what he must be.1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 54”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- odd fish, strange fish, weirdo
queer fish meaning in Bengali
queer fish in Bengali
- একজন অদ্ভুত, অস্বাভাবিক ব্যক্তি
Synonyms of queer fish
Forms of queer fish
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Questions about queer fish
- What does queer fish mean?
- Queer fish means an odd or eccentric person.
- What is queer fish in Bengali?
- Queer fish in Bengali is একজন অদ্ভুত, অস্বাভাবিক ব্যক্তি. See Queer fish meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is queer fish?
- Queer fish is a noun.
- How do you pronounce queer fish?
- Queer fish is pronounced /ˈkwiːɹˌfɪʃ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of queer fish?
- The plural of queer fish is queer fish.
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