Fish-out-of-water Definition

adjective
In which someone is out of their familiar environment; pertaining to a fish out of water.
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noun

A person in unfamiliar, and often uncomfortable, surroundings.

Jim was a fish out of water at college.
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Noun

Singular:
fish-out-of-water
Plural:
fishes-out-of-water

Fish-out-of-water Sentence Examples

  • I was like a fish out of water and desperately lonely.

  • Club 9 is uproarious slice-of-life, fish-out-of-water comedy as crafted by the inimitable creator of What's Michael?

  • The series, which employs the classic fish-out-of-water concept, debuted on Fox in July 2004.

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