fishing expedition

基本解釋

The senator says the investigation is a fishing expedition by his enemies to see if they can find anything he has ever done that might hurt his political career。
那位參議員聲稱這次調(diào)查是他政敵的蓄意盤查，目的是搜羅挖掘他是否有不端行為，以損毀他的政治生涯。
We were toting sleeping bags and pads, a camp stove and cooking gear, food for three days — including halibut we’d caught on a fishing expedition the previous afternoon — and a supply of fresh water.
我們帶上了睡袋和睡墊、野營爐具和炊具、夠吃三天的食物中包括前一天下午釣魚時抓到的一條大比目魚，還有飲用水。
Chernoff's attempt to see Jackson's financial records was blocked by Judge Pastor, who said he would not allow such a "deep sea fishing" expedition.
法官帕斯特拒絕了切諾夫試圖查閱杰克遜的財產(chǎn)記錄這一要求。他說他不會允許這一“ 大海撈針”的措施。

This is a complex inquiry that may seem irrelevant, speculative or a fishing expedition.
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Yet, instead of creating jobs or helping the middle class, congressional Republicans are focused on this politically motivated, taxpayer-funded, election-year fishing expedition.
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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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