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A fish out of water.
He is, so to speak, a fish out of water.
The ship approached the shore by degrees.
You are, so to speak, a fish out of water.
The swimmer, Cindy Nicholas, barely made it ashore at Dover at the end of the exhausting swim, but a spokesman from the Channel Swimming Association announced that she was in very good shape.
Whales are said to have lived on land long ago.
"A fish out of water" is a metaphor for being unable to use your talents due to a change of environment.

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