all is fish that comes to the net

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all is fish that comes to the net

  1. Anything that happens can be used for one's advantage.
    • 1861, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Reports from Commissioners, page 7:
      But there is no question that all is fish that comes to the net with them unless the eye of the conservator is on them.

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