Meaning of odd fish | Babel Free

Definitions

An unusual thing or eccentric person.

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“We are constantly told how normal and honorable Thoreau was, yet it seems that we would get⟳ much further in understanding him if we began, by conceding that he was an odd fish⟳, full of peculiar conceits.”

“The second work⟳ is more promising, but something of an odd fish⟳: the anonymous German treatise Schwester Katrei.”

“For a country that is thought to have⟳ the best-regulated fisheries in the world, the US is an odd fish⟳ when it comes to mandatory safety requirements. It was only in 1988 that it became mandatory for US boats to carry⟳ safety equipment such as life rafts and an EPIRB, a locator beacon that should detach on sinking then float⟳.”

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