Fish out of water
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.”
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How to use Fish out of water in a sentence
Sure, Nancy has the fish-out-of-water thing going on, but that attribute often defines Piper.
Orange Is the New Weeds: The Adventures of Jenji Kohan Across the 8th Dimension | Rich Goldstein, Emily Shire | August 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI would love to emulate people like Alexander Payne or Sofia Coppola, who does fish-out-of-water movies so well.
Diablo Cody’s Personal (and Directorial) Paradise | Kevin Fallon | October 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTEven Kunis alluded to this when she was asked to attend a wedding by a fish-out-of-water BBC interviewer.
Kate Upton, Mila Kunis: Enough With the YouTube Prom Proposals | Kevin Fallon | March 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThey give themselves airs and expect us to be fish-out-of-water.
Tono Bungay | H. G. WellsBolton was now in plain clothes, and he had that fish-out-of-water appearance which characterizes the constable in mufti.
The Green Eyes of Bst | Sax Rohmer
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