fish for compliments | meaning of fish for compliments in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfish for complimentsfish for complimentsto try to make someone say something nice about you → complimentfish for complimentsfish for complimentsto try to make someone say something nice about you, usually by first criticizing yourself – used to show disapproval  It’s sickening the way he’s always fishing for compliments. → fish