Complete Definition of "fish out of water"

English

Adjective
fish out of water

  1. Happening as a result of being in an unfamiliar setting. Out of their league.

#: Crocodile Dundee was a fish out of water story about a rural Australian's adventures in New York.

Noun
fish out of water

  1. A person in unfamiliar, (and often uncomfortable), surroundings.

#: Jim was a fish out of water when he went off to college.

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