fish out

Example Sentences

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Recently Crowder spoke with The Times about his Southern background, including his upbringing in a liberal family in a conservative area and his current life as a fish out of water living in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2025

“The main things that are going to kill and stress these fish out are either low amounts of oxygen in the water or rapid changes in temperature,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2025

"I do feel like a fish out of water. The knock-on effects has been massive. I'm just riding the wave of it really," she said.

From BBC • Sep. 18, 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

If I felt like a fish out of water in my family, I felt like a fish on Mars in Adam’s circle.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman