犬掻きで泳ぐ dog paddling, swim like a dog

The word:	Closer look at the kanji:	B = Beginner | I = Intermediate | A = Advanced
犬掻きで泳ぐ inu kaki de oyogu dog paddling, swim like a dog	犬 inu dog 掻き kaki scratch, paddle, shovel 泳ぐ oyogu swim	盲導犬 mou dou ken - seeing eye dog [A] 泳ぐ oyogu - to swim [B] 水泳 sui ei - swimming (you can also say suimingu [I]

A bewildered fish returned to his kind with reports of a strange new terror...

ABOUT SUGGESTED USAGE:

あの ano - That (followed by a noun)
猫 neko - cat
猫のくせに neko no kuse ni - kuse ni means although or for a... (he) sure is... This is used often when the speaker sees something he thinks is ridiculous or shouldnt be. kodomo kuse ni tabako o suite imasu. (Although hes a child, he smokes.)
泳ぎます yogimasu - the masu form of 泳ぐ