Dec 30, 2019 17:09
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English term
Romania
Fishing for information
English to Romanian
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You are fishing for information
Proposed translations
(Romanian)
| 3 +1 | a căuta să obții informații pe căi ocolite |
Ligia Mihaiescu
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Ligia Mihaiescu
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Native in: Romanian 
Works in: French to Romanian, Romanian to French, English to Romanian
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a căuta să obții informații pe căi ocolite
Asta înțeleg. Chiar a trage de limbă pe cineva.
Dictionary.com: fishing:
Fishing for information: to seek to obtain something indirectly or by artifice: to fish for compliments; to fish for information.
Collinsdictionary.com, fishing:
If you say that someone is fishing for information or praise, you disapprove of the fact that they are trying to get it from someone in an indirect way. [disapproval] He didn't want to create the impression that he was fishing for information.
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Note added at 20 minutes (2019-12-30 17:30:28 GMT)
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https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/fish for:
fish for something:
2. Fig. to seek some kind of information. You could tell the lawyer was fishing for something from the vague way she asked the questions. The telephone caller was fishing for too much information, so I hung up.
https://www.lexico.com/definition/fishing:
fishing expedition
A search or investigation undertaken with the hope, though not the stated purpose, of discovering information.
‘they worried about an FBI fishing expedition’
More example sentences
‘The commission has an unfettered power to undertake a fishing expedition to search for evidence to endeavour to prove its cases.’
‘Where did all the information from these fishing expeditions go?’
‘These laws provide a clear framework for responding to national security concerns while safeguarding against random searches, fishing expeditions or invasions of privacy.’
‘I do not regard a search for what appears to be very relevant information as a mere fishing expedition.’
‘It smacks to me of a fishing expedition in the hope it may justify the prolonged nature of this otherwise pointless enquiry.’
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Note added at 23 minutes (2019-12-30 17:33:13 GMT)
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https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/a-fis...
a fishing expedition
mainly US
an attempt to discover the facts about something by collecting a lot of information, often secretly:
The investigators' request for the company's accounts is simply a fishing expedition - they have no real evidence of wrongdoing.
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Note added at 26 minutes (2019-12-30 17:36:03 GMT)
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Poate ar merge chiar "a pescui informații", în funcție de context.
Dictionary.com: fishing:
Fishing for information: to seek to obtain something indirectly or by artifice: to fish for compliments; to fish for information.
Collinsdictionary.com, fishing:
If you say that someone is fishing for information or praise, you disapprove of the fact that they are trying to get it from someone in an indirect way. [disapproval] He didn't want to create the impression that he was fishing for information.
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Note added at 20 minutes (2019-12-30 17:30:28 GMT)
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https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/fish for:
fish for something:
2. Fig. to seek some kind of information. You could tell the lawyer was fishing for something from the vague way she asked the questions. The telephone caller was fishing for too much information, so I hung up.
https://www.lexico.com/definition/fishing:
fishing expedition
A search or investigation undertaken with the hope, though not the stated purpose, of discovering information.
‘they worried about an FBI fishing expedition’
More example sentences
‘The commission has an unfettered power to undertake a fishing expedition to search for evidence to endeavour to prove its cases.’
‘Where did all the information from these fishing expeditions go?’
‘These laws provide a clear framework for responding to national security concerns while safeguarding against random searches, fishing expeditions or invasions of privacy.’
‘I do not regard a search for what appears to be very relevant information as a mere fishing expedition.’
‘It smacks to me of a fishing expedition in the hope it may justify the prolonged nature of this otherwise pointless enquiry.’
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Note added at 23 minutes (2019-12-30 17:33:13 GMT)
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https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/a-fis...
a fishing expedition
mainly US
an attempt to discover the facts about something by collecting a lot of information, often secretly:
The investigators' request for the company's accounts is simply a fishing expedition - they have no real evidence of wrongdoing.
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Note added at 26 minutes (2019-12-30 17:36:03 GMT)
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Poate ar merge chiar "a pescui informații", în funcție de context.
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