a fish out of water
基本解释
- 离水之鱼；不得其所的人；浑身不自在
英汉例句
- It’s completely normal to feel like a fish out of water when you arrive at a new place, not knowing anyone.
当你初来乍到一个地方，不认识任何人的时候，你会感觉像一条离开水的鱼，这是很正常的。 - Among strangers he was as a fish out of water, but among friends discrepancies in wisdom or age made no difference to him.
与陌生人在一起时，他会觉得别扭和不适，但同朋友之间，智慧或者年岁上的差别他都毫不在意。 - "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.
“我是在为我的老板主持的一次晚宴上见到克雷夫的，”劳伊娜用文雅的东欧语调慢慢地说，“他那时就像一条离了水的鱼，他引起了我的注意，我和他交谈起来。 - 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.
- Bartz looked like a fish out of water on day one and eventually she crashed and burned badly.
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