fish out of water

Example Sentences

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That fish out of water story is just classic.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024

Jefferson brings the comedy so wonderfully, of this fish out of water.

From Salon • Aug. 8, 2024

“David would be like a fish out of water if he were out of public service,” Bumpers, who served 18 years with Pryor in the Senate, said in 2006.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 20, 2024

I'm convinced that Haaland needs the constant flow of goals and without them he's like a fish out of water.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2023

But hey, we might be fish out of water, but at least we had escaped the horns of our dilemma to a silver lining, as Mami might say.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez