fish out

Example Sentences

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At law school, he’s felt like a fish out of water for months among those who have their life planned out.

From Los Angeles Times

“Mr. Michels is a fish out of water,” said Ms. Bernier, who announced her retirement in January after calling for Republican investigations into the 2020 election to end.

From New York Times

It's precisely because African-Americans have always been "othered," always been fish out of water in their native land, that they've been the ones to see clearly what white Americans as a whole are still struggling to see — or not to see.

From Salon

In the Apple TV+ comedy series “Ted Lasso,” Jason Sudeikis, also an Emmy nominee, plays a fish out of water who always seems to have a positive spin on everything — a joke, a pun, a pop culture reference, some bit of sage wisdom.

From Los Angeles Times

So, in this situation, she’s a fish out of water.

From The Verge