Choose the correct meaning of the underlined idiom in the sentence:
He is a queer fish. I have failed to understand him.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Strange person
A queer fish is a strange or odd person whose behaviour is hard to understand ("queer" here means strange). The speaker has failed to understand him because he behaves so oddly.
Example: Our new neighbour is a queer fish. He never speaks to anyone.
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