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There Are Plenty Of Other Fish In The Sea Idiom

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there are plenty of other fish in the sea
What does there are plenty of other fish in the sea mean?		 there are other choices, there are other people to chooseThere are plenty of other fish in the sea and when my sister lost her boyfriend she did not worry too much.
there are plenty of other fish in the sea
What does there are plenty of other fish in the sea mean?		 there are many potential partners in the worldThere are plenty of other fish in the sea, I told my friend when she separated from her boyfriend.
there are plenty of other fish in the sea
What does there are plenty of other fish in the sea mean?		 there are other choices, there are other people to choose from There are plenty of other fish in the sea and when my sister lost her boyfriend she did not worry too much.

there are plenty of other fish in the sea
What does there are plenty of other fish in the sea mean?		 there are other choices, there are other people to choose from There are plenty of other fish in the sea and when my sister lost her boyfriend she did not worry too much.

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