sprat

Jack Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean, And so betwixt them both, you see, They licked the platter clean.

杰克·斯布拉特不吃肥肉，他的夫人不吃瘦肉。所以，你知道，他们一起吃饭的时候，盘子被舔得干干净净。

Throw out a sprat to catch a mackerel.

抛出小鱼钓大鱼.

The young of a herring or sprat or similar fish.

年幼的青鱼、鲱鱼或类似的鱼。

Every week I invest a pound on the football pools. It's a sprat to catch a mackerel because one day I could win a million.

每星期我花一英镑赌足球普尔，这完全是一种小小冒险以求大利的行动，因为可能有一天我会赢100万。

The competition and prize of a free car is a sprat to catch a mackerel.

举办竞赛并开出免费汽车的奖品不过是小钓饵.

When I was done I carefully buried my leavings, as my dad had taught me before he died, when I was a sprat no older than the fisherman who had named the road for me.

吃完后，小心把垃圾清理干净，这是爸爸在我和那个男孩差不多年纪的时候教我的规矩。

the main species caught were cod, sprat , baltic sprat , plaice, turbot, salmon, and smelt.

主要的品种类是鳕鱼、鲱鱼、白令海鲱、鲽鱼、大鲮鲆、大马哈鱼和胡瓜鱼。