ダボハゼ

noun

goby (fish)

Refers to a type of small bottom-dwelling fish, often used in fishing contexts. The term is also used figuratively for someone who bites at anything (gullible person).

• ダボハゼは河か口こうでよく釣つれる。

  Gobies are often caught at river mouths.

• 彼かれはダボハゼみたいに何なんでも信しんじる。

  He believes anything, like a goby that bites at everything.