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fish out of water

noun as in out of place

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Sure, Nancy has the fish-out-of-water thing going on, but that attribute often defines Piper.

I would love to emulate people like Alexander Payne or Sofia Coppola, who does fish-out-of-water movies so well.

Even Kunis alluded to this when she was asked to attend a wedding by a fish-out-of-water BBC interviewer.

They give themselves airs and expect us to be fish-out-of-water.

Bolton was now in plain clothes, and he had that fish-out-of-water appearance which characterizes the constable in mufti.

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On this page you'll find 10 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to fish out of water, such as: misfit, square peg in round hole, and ugly duckling.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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