Fish out of water

1. Someone who is out of his or her normal environment or range of activities: “I felt like a fish out of water at the advanced technology conference.”

Example Sentences

Sure, Nancy has the fish-out-of-water thing going on, but that attribute often defines Piper.

From The Daily Beast

I would love to emulate people like Alexander Payne or Sofia Coppola, who does fish-out-of-water movies so well.

From The Daily Beast

Even Kunis alluded to this when she was asked to attend a wedding by a fish-out-of-water BBC interviewer.

From The Daily Beast

They give themselves airs and expect us to be fish-out-of-water.

From Project Gutenberg

Bolton was now in plain clothes, and he had that fish-out-of-water appearance which characterizes the constable in mufti.

From Project Gutenberg