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Question: Please explain to me these simple phrases (English is my second language)?
I’ve just started watching “How an Economy grows and Why it doesn’t” on Youtube.
Here are some phrases in the movie that I can not understand, please give me some easy to understand explanations:
1) “Fishing by hand is no bucket of bass”. What is “bucket of bass”?
2) “This is survival, and that’s about all”. What is “that’s about all”
3) “The next day B and C make much sport of A’s invention”. What is “make much sport of”?
4) “A is nobody’s fool”. What is “nobody’s fool”?
5) What does this phrase mean: “Not everybody is cut out for self-deprivation”?
6) “I might want to eat them if I’m ever sick or something happens”. What is ” If I’m ever sick”
7) “man, what a pig-out”. What is “what a pig-out”? 
Why they use “2 fish” instead of “2 fishes”
Thank you very much!
Answer:
Answer by lilmegsx1
I’m English and I’m sorry but I can only help you with a few of the numbers.
4) By nobody’s fool I believe they mean “A” doesn’t do what anyone one wants and nobody controls him.
5) Not everybody can stand to deprive (go without) themselves of something.
7) To “pig out” is a phrase used to describe eating a lot of food sometimes very messily.
I don’t know why we do this, it’s just an unusual grammar rule we use for example we say 2 sheep instead of 2 sheeps.
I really hope I helped 
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