fish out

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He added that the consortium has also supported the area’s fishermen by donating “over 10 motorized fishing boats to the fishing communities and provided vocational training and licensing for fishermen to fish out of the river channel to the high sea.”

From Washington Post

“There are some things I’m loving … and there are some things that I’m little bit of a fish out of water, and it’s painful. But through it all, I think we had 12 or 13 people on the crew, and we traveled all around in an RV, and I drove every single mile,” said the 2009 WWE Hall of Fame inductee.

From Washington Times

To make this L.A. girl feel even more like a fish out of water, all the hit songs she has to flip are from the South.

From Los Angeles Times

At law school, he’s felt like a fish out of water for months among those who have their life planned out.

From Los Angeles Times

The Postal Inspection Service is working with the Postal Service to make blue boxes more secure, like fitting them with “rakes” with metal teeth to make it harder for thieves to fish out envelopes, said Michael W. Martel, a spokesman for the inspection service.

From New York Times