单词 | fish out of water, a |
释义 | fish out of water, aA person away from his or her usual environment or activities. For example, Using a computer for the first time, Carl felt like a fish out of water, or On a hiking trail, Nell was a fish out of water. This expression alludes to the fact that fish cannot survive for long on dry land. [Late 1300s] Words nearby fish out of water, aaficionado, afield, afikomen, afire, AFIS, fish out of water, a, AFK, AFL, aflame, aflatoxicosis, aflatoxin The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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