fish out of water
Example Sentences
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A numbers man more than a people person, he’s a fish out of water in Atlanta, as he spells out in the song “How Can I Call This Home?”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2025
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
He started to double over—his eyes fastened on me—gaping like a fish out of water.
From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel
