fish out
Example Sentences
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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
To continue the maritime theme, Wolves have looked like a fish out of water for most of this Premier League campaign.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
And then she will dry her eyes, fish out a few glad rags, throw on a little makeup and get a blowout..
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2025
It was flopping about like a fish out of water.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
