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How to use fish out of water in a sentence

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Sentence Examples
In the city he is a fish out of water with absolutely no sense of direction.
I'll be a fish out of water there, I'm sure, but it will be a view of the community I have not had yet.
The camera followed this fish out of water rocker as he auditions for the marching band and crams for finals.
Sometimes, a person dressed in the most expensive clothes can look like a fish out of water because his clothes do not sit well on him.
She's very much a fish out of water and she's trying to manage a personal life as well as be good at her job.
The minister is from a fishing province, but sometimes he is like a fish out of water when it comes to his own portfolio.
Just last week he was a fish out of water who had made a disastrous career move that saw his legacy as one of England's greatest ever strikers in tatters at departures.
I remember him saying that a juvenile judge without the support of a social worker would be like a fish out of water.
Although steeped in the times and places it describes, it clearly and joyously speaks to anyone who has ever felt like a fish out of water.
Lenny is a tender soul, which makes him a fish out of water in his world.
I might be a fish out of water, but I reckon I've heard them all.
The man, however, is like a fish out of water, squirming and writhing.
I've felt like a fish out of water, being cut off from the internet.
Once I went to the press box, I instantly became a fish out of water.
During England's flukey draw with Italy, quite a few of our players looked like fish out of water.
A pitcher at bat is usually considered such a fish out of water that he is expected to foul, ground or strike out.
A fish out of water in such a culture has little choice but to try and learn to swim convincingly, and this is evidently not without its painful consequences.
Many stay-at-home fathers find that they are fish out of water, too.
Examples from Classical Literature
Somehow, the two young ladies felt the chilly presence of a tentacled fish out of water, that was wholly inexplicable.
Yet despite my new approach and my daughter's seeming obliviousness to the meaning of the songs sung during that hour, I always felt like a fish out of water there.
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