fish out

Example Sentences

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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

“The main things that are going to kill and stress these fish out are either low amounts of oxygen in the water or rapid changes in temperature,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 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

Jefferson brings the comedy so wonderfully, of this fish out of water.

From Salon • Aug. 8, 2024

Coal wanted to say something, could think of nothing, and ended up opening and closing his mouth like a fish out of water.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste