Origins of Expressions

  Drinks Like A Fish Watch this on YouTube here - Fishy Idioms - YouTube Video Meaning: Drinks like a fish is used when someone drinks an excessive amount of alcohol. Example Sentence: "I used to drink like a fish and get drunk all the time." Origin: The first written record of drinks like a fish was in 1640 in the work of Fletcher and Shirley called "The Night Walker" or "The Little Theif" (the title differs based on where you are from.) "Give me the bottle, I can drink like a fish now, like an elephant." This saying goes off the way fish breathes. As fish take a gulp of water it passes the water over their gills, the gills absorb some of the oxygen in the water, then push out the rest of the water right back out. They do this all day to breathe. This gives the illusion that fish can drink all the time with no bad after-effects. Watch this on YouTube here - Fishy Idioms - YouTube Video

  Shooting Fish In A Barrel Watch this on YouTube here - Fishy Idioms - YouTube Video Meaning: When a simple task needs to be done and there is guaranteed success in the task. A simple activity. Example Sentence: "The size of my apartment is relatively small, so keeping it nice and tidy is  like shooting fish in a barrel ." Origin:      The earliest instance found of this phrase was in a column called By the By! on February 11th, 1902. The column tells a story about 2 men - a high-end tea taster and a man drinking alcohol. the tea tester says that the man drinking alcohol can't tell what he is drinking after only 2 drinks. The drunk man replies "Oh yes I can, and what more I can tell you the brand of alcohol with certainty."  The tea tester takes the bet. After the drinking test was over the drunk man won. He was asked, "How on Earth did you do it?" He replied, "Just as simple as shooting fish in a barrel."      This saying originates from b...

  Fish Out of Water Watch this on YouTube here - Fishy Idioms - YouTube Video Meaning: Fish out of water means that someone is struggling with a task or they are really uncomfortable or awkward while performing a task. Example Sentence: "I felt like a fish out of water at the party because I knew no one." Origin: Fish out of water has been around for a long time, the first written record was in 1483 by the English poet, Geoffrey Chaucer - his poem read:               "A huge man, uncouth; a master of vessel and knew all the ports, not ride well, like a fish out of                water as he sat on his horse. Watch this on YouTube here - Fishy Idioms - YouTube Video