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
That fish out of water story is just classic.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024
"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
I fish out a small block of cheese wrapped in a cloth that Ben packed.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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