You can't fit a square peg in a circle box, right?
方形钉不适合放在圆盒中，对不对？
His appearance here is like a square peg in a round hole.
他在这里出现，显得有些格格不入。
Tom likes to work with his hands. But when it comes to books, he is a square peg in a round hole.
汤姆喜欢动手操作，而对书本知识却是格格不入。
I've declined the invitation to the Royal Garden Party; I'd just to be a square peg in a round hole among all those posh people.
我已谢绝参加皇家游园会的邀请，同那些显赫要人在一起，我觉得实在格格不入。
Sometimes we say that someone we know is "a square peg in a round hole". This simply means that the person we are talking about in not suited for the job he is doing.
有时我们说某个熟人是“插在圆孔中的一根方料”，意思是我们所说的这个人不适合做他所从事的工作。
She was the odd one out, just as she had been at school and university: a square peg in a round hole.
她比较怪僻，象在中学和大学里一样，不适应周围的环境。
She was the odd one out, just as she had been at school and university: a square peg in a round hole.
她比较怪僻，象在中学和大学里一样，不适应周围的环境。
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