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be like a fish out of water
Definition
› to feel awkward because you are in a situation that you have not experienced before or because you are very different from the people around youComfortable and uncomfortableBeing and appearing different
(Definition of be like a fish out of water from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Comfortable and uncomfortable
Synonyms and related words:
- airy adjective (LIGHT)
- be in your element idiom
- be out of your element idiom
- be/feel at home idiom
- belong verb
- civilization noun (DEVELOPED SOCIETY)
- comfortable adjective (CLOTHES/FURNITURE)
- comfortably adverb
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- cozily adverb
- cozy adjective, noun
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- primitive adjective
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