Like a fish out of water Home The Lexicon Like a fish out of water Thumbnail Phrase or WordLike a fish out of waterDefinitionFeeling awkward or out of place in a particular setting.LanguageEnglishTypeFaunamorphSubcategorySwimmies and Other Aquatic LifeGrammatical SubcategorySayings/Similes/Aphorisms/Proverbs Previous itemTo be neither fish, flesh, nor fowl/to be neither fish nor fowl Next itemDrink like a fish
