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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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