Sentence examples for fishy that from inspiring English sources

Smells a bit fishy, that.

But Eberly goes much farther and alleges that the data are "fishy," that "someone at Newsweek cooked the books and hoped we wouldn't notice".

"It is very fishy that the police had decided to leave the country completely to the thugs and angry mobs".

"It seems a little fishy that we had to renew the contracts in 2004," Mr. Neugebauer said.

It may appear fishy that a member can help run one association and issue cards through the other.

"It is really fishy that the military council formed an advisory council as soon as they saw that Islamists are coming to power".

Blues are often thought to have a particularly "fishy" taste that turns people off.

And what better introduction could there be for my examination of the fishy affair that is the Tory leadership stakes?

The major drawbacks are the noodles' gelatinous texture and what the package refers to as their "authentic" aroma, a frankly fishy stink that fills the kitchen when the package is opened (it subsides after cooking, according to Ms. Lillien).

Wine Atlas IGP Côtes de Thau, France 2014 (£4.97, Asda) From a lesser-spotted southern French appellation next to the currently trendy dry white area of Picpoul de Pinet, this is a nicely light but zippy dry white for parties and fishy starters that matches the leafy green and citrus flavours of sauvignon blanc and vermentino with the fuller orchard fruit of grenache blanc.

For liberally minded self-doubting Brits, the image projected by countries like Norway seems like an excellent national role model: humane, relaxed, affluent, sexually quite up for it but in a totally non-exploitative way, modern, tasteful and packed with all those fishy oils that are so good for the heart.