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  • like a fish out of water — See: FISH OUT OF WATER …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • like a fish out of water — See: FISH OUT OF WATER …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • like a fish out of water — If someone feels like a fish out of water, they are very uncomfortable in the situation they are in …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • like a fish out of water —    If someone feels like a fish out of water, they are very uncomfortable in the situation they are in.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • Like a fish out of water —   If someone feels like a fish out of water, they are very uncomfortable in the situation they are in …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • be like a fish out of water — to feel awkward because you are not familiar with a situation or because you are very different from the people around you. All the other children in the school had rich, middle class parents, and she was beginning to feel like a fish out of… …   New idioms dictionary

  • like a fish out of water — out of its place, not in its element, out of its natural surroundings …   English contemporary dictionary

  • fish out of water — If you are placed in a situation that is completely new to you and confuses you, you are like a fish out of water …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • fish out of water —    If you are placed in a situation that is completely new to you and confuses you, you are like a fish out of water.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If you feel like a fish out of water, you feel uncomfortable in unfamiliar surroundings …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • fish out of water — {n. phr.} A person who is out of his proper place in life; someone who does not fit in. * /Because Ed could not swim, he felt like a fish out of water at the beach./ * /She was the only girl at the party not in a formal dress and she felt like a… …   Dictionary of American idioms

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