| Once I went to the press box, I instantly became a fish out of water. |
| The minister is from a fishing province, but sometimes he is like a fish out of water when it comes to his own portfolio. |
| In the city he is a fish out of water with absolutely no sense of direction. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
