fish one's wish

Definitions

To get what one desires; to get one's wish.

Examples

“ELI The sound⟳ of your voice... CHASTITY Come⟳ here. ELI I used to pray that I could hear⟳ her voice again. CHASTITY Well Eli. You finally fished your wish⟳. [They kiss. They stumble to the wall. She begins to undo⟳ his pants. He stops her.] […]”

“He wished not to have⟳ the responsibilities of a family, and once he "fished his wish⟳," it appears that his family may have⟳ been the only thing he did want⟳. I wonder⟳ what his last⟳ few moments were like⟳ in his car. What flashed before his eyes?[…]”

“"Why don't you make⟳ a wish⟳?" she said. I nodded. "Okay." [...] Beverly stood with her back to me by the shore some fifteen yards off, her clothes in a crumpled heap by her feet. Her skin was caramel coloured from top to bottom. "Guess⟳ what?" she called back. "What?" "You just fished your wish⟳." And then with all the supple grace of a gymnast, she bent her knees spreading rounded buttocks slightly as a pair of sinewy thighs tensed, swung her arms upward and sailed in a perfect arc up and out slicing the water with only the slightest rip.”

“But hey, remember⟳ all those times you were like⟳ 'Zach, I just pray we'll be together in the afterlife.' My friend, you fished your wish⟳.”

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