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by Maursault 1525 days ago
I believe GP meant 'figuratively' (a common modern use of 'literally,' disconcertingly) and could also be mixing unrelated idioms such as swim like a fish and swimming upstream, though it is commonly known salmon swim upstream, I'm not sure this fluid dynamics epiphany changes anything there. If it could technically be incorrect to say salmon swim upstream, how should it be phrased correctly? Salmon get sucked upstream?