all is fish that comes to his net

all is fish that comes to his net
он ничем не брезгует, он из всего извлекает выгоду (ср. доброму вору всё впору)

‘Never mind,’ returned the Captain, though he was evidently dismayed by the figures: ‘all's fish that comes to your net, I suppose?’ ‘Certainly,’ said Mr. Brogley. ‘But sprats ain't whales, you know.’ (Ch. Dickens, ‘Dombey and Son’, ch. IX) — - Не беда, - возразил капитан, хотя он был явно смущен этой цифрой. - Полагаю, вы используете любую рыбу, попадающую к вам в сети. - Разумеется, - сказал мистер Броли. - Но селедка, знаете ли, не кит.

She's had Emmott and Coleman dancing attendance on her as a matter of course. I don't know that she cares for one more than for the other. There are a couple of young Air Force chaps too. I fancy all's fish that comes to her net at present. (A. Christie, ‘Murder in Mesopotamia’, ch. XIX) — За моей дочерью увиваются Эммот и Коулман. Думаю, что по-настоящему ни тот, ни другой ее не интересуют. Кроме того, имеется пара молодых летчиков. Сейчас, по-моему, она никого не отталкивает.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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