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+1 for teaching-a-one-to-fish and suchlike.

I googled the phrase and stumbled upon the saying, ''give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime''. But couldn't find any website mentioning that it's a phrase.

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  • As far as I know it's not a set phrase. I think you got it right, it's a made up version of what you already found on your own. – Man_From_India Nov 04 '16 at 16:35
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    It's made up on the spot, which probably explains the grammatical mix-up. It should have been "teaching-a-man-to-fish" or "teaching-one-to-fish". – MSalters Nov 04 '16 at 16:40
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    @Sanjukta Was it written by a non-native speaker? Because the use of a one like the way it is used in this sentence doesn't seem like it's used by a native speaker. – Man_From_India Nov 04 '16 at 16:56
  • @Man_From_India I just don't know. – Tyto alba Nov 04 '16 at 17:01
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    I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's about a non-idiomatic usage with no significant currency. – FumbleFingers Nov 04 '16 at 17:16

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It's not a standard phrase, just a slightly ungrammatical reference to the phrase you already found. I would probably say "teach-a-man-to-fish and suchlike" since that's a more direct paraphrase of the aphorism.

I don't know there's much more to add to this answer, since you seem to have found it yourself, so I'll leave you with this (darkly) humorous twist from one of my favorite authors:

"Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life." -- Terry Pratchett.

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