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), 天涯何处无芳草 (tiānyá héchù wú fāngcǎo)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: meressä on paljon kalaa
• French: un de perdu, dix de retrouvés (fr) (literally “one lost, ten discovered”)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

See also

• the odds are good, but the goods are odd