fish out
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Again, I feel like a fish out of water.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
If you went in hoping to fish out a couple of rocks and an old boot, though, it wasn’t so hard to locate exactly what you were looking for.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Recently Crowder spoke with The Times about his Southern background, including his upbringing in a liberal family in a conservative area and his current life as a fish out of water living in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2025
"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 ● Sep. 18, 2024
Granny’s customers often had to spend half an hour unsnarling the rust-red yarn from the mud-brown, or trying to fish out the end of a thread from a tangled wad.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
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