(be/feel) like a fish out of waterUNPLEASANTto feel uncomfortable because you feel you do not belong in a place or situation 如离水之鱼,感到生疏[不自在] I felt like a fish out of water in my new school. 我在新学校里感到很不适应,就像鱼儿离开了水。
(be/feel) like a fish out of water• I felt like a fish out of water.• In his first interview since the move, he still looks like a fish out of water.
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