like a fish out of water

1. see fish out of water.

Example Sentences

"I wasn't beaten up like my character in Boarders is, but the feeling of not fully belonging was always there - I felt a bit like a fish out of water and isolated at times," he tells the BBC.

From BBC

"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

Although Duthiers succeeded in finance, he felt like a fish out of water.

From Los Angeles Times

“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

I’ve said that it looked like a fish out of water, just on a dock, suffocating to death.

From Slate