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Meanings of fishy in English

Not as expected.

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                Usage of fishy in English
                1
                Though the water tasted strange, almost fishy, he thought nothing of it.
                Gravity
                2
                The public view will be that there is something fishy going on.
                The Guardian
                3
                The fecundity of these fishy masses was placing the world in danger.
                Mare Nostrum (Our Sea): A Novel
                4
                I smelled fishy water and bracken mud and sensed a lake nearby.
                Bones Are Forever
                5
                Do you know there's something just a little fishy about this business.
                The ginger man
                6
                Experienced anglers and students of fishy ways are divided upon the question.
                Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things
                7
                It sounded a little fishy, but I was willing to accept it.
                The Forever War
                8
                Pardon the pun, but some things are radier fishy on my end.
                Sword of god
                9
                Besides, there was something fishy here, and they meant to find out.
                The adventures of button
                10
                Your position is a pretty fishy one if it comes to that.
                The Vanishing Man: A Detective Romance
                11
                They are fat and fishy, and not at all fit for food.
                A Voyage round the World / A book for boys
                12
                But you aren't offering me any details, which makes it sound fishy.
                Side Jobs
                13
                Washing day.-Fishand fishers.-Onthe art of angling.-Aconscientious fly-fisher.-A fishy story.
                Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)
                14
                Sounds fishy-butif it's so somebody ought to lambaste the old man.
                Youth Challenges
                15
                Oh, and I'm not all that fond of lobster mushrooms, too fishy.
                Beauty and the feast
                16
                But there is more to your fishy pet than meets the eye.
                BBC
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