there are plenty of fish in the sea

English

Alternative forms

• there are plenty more fish in the sea

Proverb

there are plenty of fish in the sea

1. There are many more potential opportunities available.

Usage notes

• Said in consolation after rejection (especially a romantic one) or other failure.

Translations

there are more opportunities available

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 天涯何處無芳草／天涯何处无芳草 (tiānyá héchù wú fāngcǎo)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: geen hand vol, maar een land vol (literally “not a hand full, but a country full”)
• Finnish: meressä on paljon kalaa
• French: un de perdu, dix de retrouvés (fr) (literally “one lost, ten discovered”), une de perdue, dix de retrouvées (fr)
• German: auch andere Mütter haben schöne Töchter (literally “other mothers also have beautiful daughters”) (dating)
• Greek: έχει κι αλλού πορτοκαλιές που κάνουν πορτοκάλια (échei ki alloú portokaliés pou kánoun portokália)
• Italian: morto un papa se ne fa un altro
• Polish: tego kwiatu jest pół światu (pl)
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: are balta pește (literally “there are (plenty of) fish in the pond”)
• Spanish: hay más peces en el mar

See also

• the odds are good, but the goods are odd