含义:
fishing
'fiʃiŋn.
釣魚, 魚業
a.
釣魚的
[醫] 鉤菌法
[經] 裝配, 裝修, 用具
fiʃn.
魚, 魚肉, 魚類, 接合板
vt.
釣, 釣魚, 查出, 用接合板連接
vi.
捕魚, 釣魚, 用鉤撈取, 摸索尋找
[醫] 魚
fishing 成语
go on a fishing expedition
Idiom(s): go on a fishing expedition
Theme: SEARCHING
to attempt to discover information.
• We are going to have to go on a fishing expedition to try to find the facts.
• One lawyer went on a fishing expedition in court, and the other lawyer objected.
Gone fishing
If someone has gone fishing, they are not very aware of what is happening around them.
On a fishing expedition
If someone is on a fishing expedition, they are trying to get information, often using incorrect or improper ways to find things out.
fishing expedition
fishing expedition
An attempt to find useful information by asking questions at random. For example, The sales force was told to go on a fishing expedition to find out what they could about the company's competitors. This expression was taken up by lawyers to describe interrogating an adversary in hopes of finding relevant evidence and is now used more broadly still. [c. 1930]