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A fish out of waterA fish out of water : PhrasesMeaning: Someone in a situation they are unsuited to. Example: Origin: This metaphor is quite old. Chaucer used a version of it in The Canterbury Tales: Prologue: ...a monk, when he is cloisterless; Is like to a fish that is waterless The earliest reference that I can find to the present day wording of the phrase is in Samuel Purchas's Pilgrimage, 1613: "The Arabians out of the desarts are as Fishes out of the Water." Phrases Index |
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