水魚,文言叫做鱉,係一種水裏面嘅爬蟲類動物。佢同龜夾埋做龜鱉目,水魚同龜個樣好似,不過佢嘅殼係軟嘅,似皮革多啲。
鱉= 鼈 (bit8)
響廣東話,一啲畀人搵笨或者呃嘅人,都會被稱為水魚。( Definitions from the net)
1) If a person always loses money to you in gambling ( mahjong),
you may call him a 水魚.
時常輸錢給人的人 會被稱為水魚。
2) I think "水魚" looks stupid. That's what I guess.
When a female is married to a man, she calls her husband"水魚" jokingly.
It means her husband will support her living forever.
找到男子結婚,就話佢搵到水魚,即是說她找到人養她,她可不用工作了。
3) "水魚" carries a negative meaning.
水魚有負面意思