fish out of water

See also fish-out-of-water

English

Noun

fish out of water (plural fishes out of water)

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

   Jim was a fish out of water at college.

Translations

a person in unfamiliar, and often uncomfortable, surroundings

• Finnish: kuin kala kuivalla maalla (fi)

• Japanese: 陸に上がった河童 (ja) (おかにあがったかっぱ, oka ni agatta kappa)