a fish out of water

基本解釋

• 離水之魚；不得其所的人；渾身不自在

英漢例句

雙語例句

• It’s completely normal to feel like a fish out of water when you arrive at a new place, not knowing anyone.
  當(dāng)你初來乍到一個地方，不認(rèn)識任何人的時候，你會感覺像一條離開水的魚，這是很正常的。
• Among strangers he was as a fish out of water, but among friends discrepancies in wisdom or age made no difference to him.
  與陌生人在一起時，他會覺得別扭和不適，但同朋友之間，智慧或者年歲上的差別他都毫不在意。
• "I met Clive at a dinner I hosted for my boss," Rajna says in a refined Eastern European drawl. "He was like a fish out of water and I was concerned, so I got talking with him.
  “我是在為我的老板主持的一次晚宴上見到克雷夫的，”勞伊娜用文雅的東歐語調(diào)慢慢地說，“他那時就像一條離了水的魚，他引起了我的注意，我和他交談起來。

原聲例句

• Sometimes I feel like a fish out of water when I go to a party and everyone but me is doing the latest dance.
• I feel like a fish out of water just flapping around in my bed at night" Louis's brother Henry McAnespy showed us a map of the oyster beds they lease from the state.

權(quán)威例句

• Bartz looked like a fish out of water on day one and eventually she crashed and burned badly.
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