He may be an old fish and may know some way of escape.

他会不会是条老鱼，也许他知道怎么逃跑。

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The old man's a real cold fish. I've never seen him laugh.

这老头真是个冷冰冰的人，我从来没见他笑过。

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I want to see him. He may be an old fish and may know some way of escape.

我想去找找他，他会不会是一条老鱼，能指点我怎么逃出去呢？

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It's four o'clock in the morning and the 68-year-old fisherman is dragging a plastic trunk of fish carcasses across the dock toward his boat.

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You could see from the fishermen's catches that their fish were really small, not like in the old days, not like even 20 years ago.

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Nicholas Tyers, a 43 year old fish and chip shop owner in Bridlington.

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You know you can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called change, it's still going to stink after eight years.

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Yet this idea, from Ronald Stamp, a 46-year-old former fish wholesaler, has a certain oddball allure.

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