give a man a fish

Ellipsis of give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proverb
  1. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Cite this entry
APA

give a man a fish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/give%20a%20man%20a%20fish

MLA

“give a man a fish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/give%20a%20man%20a%20fish. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “give a man a fish,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/give%20a%20man%20a%20fish.

Source: give a man a fish on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.