English Dictionary

fish out of water

名詞

慣用表現

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

日本語の意味

周囲に馴染めず、居心地の悪い環境にある人（異質な状況において、不自然な状態にある人）

On his first day at the tech startup, he was clearly a fish out of water among the seasoned engineers.

テック系スタートアップの初出勤の日、彼は経験豊富なエンジニアたちの中で明らかに場違いだった。

意味（1）

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

[I]nto this queer assembly, something of a fish out of water and wholly out of his element, strode Cherry Bim, that redoubtable man.

fishes out of water （ plural ）

fish out of water （ plural ）