But you are going to spend a lot of time and effort trying to catch something. Let’s say you are planning a long, complicated fishing tour. At last count, it was a million bees and thousands of stings. Each time he tells the story, the amount of bees and bee stings increase. He loves to tell people about the time he was attacked by a swarm of bees. This expression comes from the fact that people who fish often say their catch is bigger than it really was.īut fish stories don’t have to be about fish. We tell others fish stories when we want to brag or show off. Now, if you tell someone a fish story, you are telling them a story that is so strange or surprising that it seems very unlikely to be true.
For this one, we also say smells fishy – a phrase I think is even better. The word “fishy” means “likely untrue.” In other words, something that sounds fishy sounds like a lie. Note that the expression usually begins with the verbs “buy” or “fall.” For example, “he fell for my excuse hook, line and sinker,” or, “she bought my story hook, line and sinker.”īut what about people who are not so gullible? When something sounds even the slightest bit fishy, they do not believe it. When people believe a story “hook, line and sinker,” they accept it completely – even though it is a big, fat lie. We use it to describe fooling someone who is easy to fool.
In addition to a fishing pole, you will need a fishing hook, a fishing line and sometimes, a sinker.īut in conversation, we don’t use the expression “ hook, line and sinker” when we are talking about catching a fish. Whatever type of fishing you do, the equipment is similar. You can go ice fishing, deep sea fishing, or fly fishing in a river, to name a few examples.
We are going fishing!įishing is a popular outdoor activity you can do in lots of different places. On this program we talk about common expressions and phrases in American English. Here’s the Dirt Band, in one of its incarnations, singing “Fishin’ in the Dark.Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. “It’s been an enormous blessing,” Photoglo said. Waldman read a list of country songs that reference “Fishin’ in the Dark” in their lyrics. “He used to play it in the clubs, and his live act after he became famous.” “It’s influenced all of these up-and-coming country acts or even people like Kenny Chesney,” he said. He mentions Brooks, who recorded and released the song three times. People talk about the song, but that record that the Dirt Band made, it so impressed so many people,” Photoglo said. “I was standing in the right place when they captured lightning in a bottle. He went, ‘Man, the Dirt Band, this is perfect for them.’ Actually, Josh and Wendy and I all lived in the same place over on 10th Avenue (in Nashville). “Back in the early days, we’d all get together, and Wendy and I would cook. “He heard the song at a party one night,” he said. Photoglo said, “Josh Leo came from Los Angeles to Nashville at the same time Wendy and I did, and he had just gotten the job to produce the Dirt Band. Well, the song became a hit thanks to some fortunate circumstances. Kenny Chesney Was Influenced By ‘Fishin’ in the Dark’ We weren’t trying to be like any other song.” “But she said, ‘No, fishing in the dark.’ We started messing around with it, and it just happened, you know? We did it for fun. “And the first thing I thought was, ‘I want to run away screaming because I love my song.'” Photoglo said. She just finished listening to “A Prairie Home Companion” and said to him, “Let’s write a song about fishing.” Once Photoglo returned back to Los Angeles, he met up with Waldman. Photoglo ended up taking that one to Waldman, which ended up being “You Can’t Run Away From Your Heart” and a hit for Lacy J. “Both of them had that same chordal thing, but one of them had the minor mode and one had the major mode.” “One morning I woke up and I turned on my tape recorder, sat up and played these two pieces of music. “I was experimenting with this one particular chording on the guitar that only played the first and fifth tones of the chord, so you could sing either a major or a minor over it,” he said. It’s a lot of foot-stomping.” Nashville Plays Role In Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Hit Songĭuring one of Photoglo’s first visits to Nashville from Los Angeles, which were sponsored and supported by Waldman, he came up with an idea. “The stories I hear from the (Nitty Gritty) Dirt Band are how their audience react, and it’s like that. “Well, for me, just the fact that people are still listening to it after all these years,” Photoglo said in an interview.
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