Fish live in water. A person who is in a strange or uncomfortable environment may feel like a fish out of water.

鱼生活在水中。一个处于陌生或不舒服环境中的人可能会感觉像一条离开水的鱼。

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I felt like a fish out of water in my new school at first because I knew no one at that time.

我一开始在新学校的时候感觉非常不自在，因为我不认识任何人。

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Can you have a fish out of water?

能让鱼离开水生活吗？

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Sometimes I feel like a fish out of water when I go to a party and everyone but me is doing the latest dance.

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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.

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The fish they take out of the water here will not be served as food.

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

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