Showing posts with label koi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label koi. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

coy, koi

Coy or coy means speaking or interacting with false or pretended shyness or modesty--
She enjoys the attention; she's just being coy.
Don't be coy; tell them why they should hire you.

Koi or koi ( rhymes with coy ) means the ornamental carp from Japan, often seen in garden ponds --
We should put some koi in the pond.
Give the children some bread to feed the koi.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"She's coy when people admire her koi; she never mentions all the time she spends caring for them."