We went on a fishing expedition last weekend.

上周末我们去钓鱼了。

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When your car got broken into, those two officers were on a fishing expedition.

当您的车子被窃，这两个警察是在摸底。

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The lawyer was on a fishing expedition and wanted to find the real wrong committed to justify a law suit.

律师只是在作试探性调查，想找到真正可以作为提起诉讼证据的过失。

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But I love dumping in handfuls of leafy greens and an avalanche of tofu and going on a fishing expedition for them later.

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They, the spokesman Scott McClellan has said, well we don't want to go on a fishing expedition when members of the press have asked who in the White House Abramoff met with.

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He said the whole process of governance had been strictly adhered to to ensure police did not go on a "fishing expedition into areas we should not have gone".

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