Usually means: Uncomfortable in unfamiliar surroundings, situation.
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We found 6 dictionaries that define the word fish out of water:

General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. fish out of water: Merriam-Webster
  2. fish-out-of-water, fish out of water: Wiktionary
  3. Fish out of water: Dictionary.com
  4. Fish Out Of Water, Fish Out of Water (BoJack Horseman), Fish Out of Water (Charles Lloyd album), Fish Out of Water (Chris Squire album), Fish Out of Water (video game), Fish out of water (disambiguation), Fish out of water: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. Fish out of Water: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

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  1. Fish Out of Water: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (fish out of water)

▸ noun:  (idiomatic) A person in unfamiliar and often uncomfortable surroundings.

Similar:
odd fish, fish, flounderer, kettle of fish, fish food, rockfish, fishing expedition, strange fish, drifter, queer fish, more...

Opposite:
in one's element, comfortable, at home, familiar, adapted

Phrases:
a fish out of water, like a fish out of water, more...

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Similar:
odd fish, fish, flounderer, kettle of fish, fish food, rockfish, fishing expedition, strange fish, drifter, queer fish, more...

Opposite:
in one's element, comfortable, at home, familiar, adapted

Phrases:
a fish out of water, like a fish out of water, more...



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