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a fish out of water
idiom
a person who feels awkward or unhappy because they are in a situation that is not familiar or because they are different from the people around them: 如鱼离水，在陌生环境不得其所
feel like a fish out of waterI didn't have any friends that were like me. I just always felt like a fish out of water.
be like a fish out of waterHe loves being married and if he wasn't he'd be like a fish out of water.
"He was something of a fish out of water here," said a coworker.
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a fish out of water | American Dictionary
a fish out of water
idiom
someone who is uncomfortable in a specific situation:
I felt like a fish out of water at my new school.
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