gone fishing
Away at water
Gone fishing is a sign or explanation indicating someone is away and unavailable, originally literal but now often humorous or ironic.
The phrase suggests deliberate disengagement from responsibilities: The boss has gone fishing—don't expect any decisions this week.
It implies choosing leisure over duty, or simply being unreachable.
- hookCurved catching device
- sinkerWeight on fishing line
- baitLure for prey
- checked outDeparted or zoned out
- tackleGear or takedown
angling · stream · line · reel · vacation · unreachable · unplugged · rod · relaxation · lure · float · playing hooky · out to lunch · away · cast · mental health day · escapism · incommunicado
- fishing idiomshook line and sinker, the one that got away, cast a wide net, take the bait, reel in
- Baseball Slangdinger, heater, K, ribby, tater
gone fishingpresent
Gift or current moment
here · available · arrived · reachable · accounted for
gone fishingon duty
Actively at one's station
on the job · hard at work · nose to the grindstone · burning the midnight oil · in the trenches
gone, fishing, goes, going, fish, fishes, fished, fisher, fishery