Who said there are plenty of fish in the sea

Does anyone know the origin of this? Is it recent aka s or is it something that has been around for centuries. I have heard this phrase often, which I have heard from my customers at my workplace. I think the definition would be someone who has undergone a major breakup, which is told by other people me aning there are more than one girl in the world.

It's actually quite old. There are examples of the phrase and similar phrases echoing the same basic concept dating back to the s in literature. In recent years, the use of the phrase has been more focused on romance and finding romance and being without a partner and realizing -- or more likely being reassured by others -- that despite the sudden loss there are other opportunities and other people i.

The proper idiomatic phrase should be "There's plenty of fish in the sea. You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Paste as plain text instead. Display as a link instead. Clear editor. Upload or insert images from URL. More fish in the sea :D. Reply to this topic Start new topic. Prev 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2. Recommended Posts. Posted July 30, Link to post Share on other sites.

Posted July 31, Ersatz 0 Posted July 31, Nice …. This is not meant to be a formal definition of plenty of fish like most terms we define on Dictionary. Feedback See Today's Synonym. Word of the Day. Meanings Meanings. Examples Origin Usage. Slang dictionary plenty of fish or plenty of fish in the sea or POF [plen-tee uh v fish in th uh see] What does plenty of fish mean? Lawrence Suzy Kassem. Believe , Flower , Ignorance.

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The reason why you care and others don't could be because God has aimed it directly at you. There are plenty fish in the sea, but a good number of them are venomous. There are plenty of fish in the sea , if I run out of women.

I can't imagine what my school friends must have thought was going on because I was wandering around in some kind of dream. I felt as though my insides had been taken out which is, I now realize, the right feeling. Years ago I was a runway model, and I used to get laughs.