like a fish out of water
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I felt like a fish out of water.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025
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
Could you just speak more to how that made you feel and how that made you feel like a fish out of water?
From Salon • Oct. 1, 2023
Coming into this field, I just sometimes feel like a fish out of water.
From Washington Post • Nov. 15, 2022
He started to double over—his eyes fastened on me—gaping like a fish out of water.
From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel
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