• Fish-out-of-water

    Full definition of fish-out-of-water

    Adjective

    fish-out-of-water

    1. in which someone is out of their familiar environment; pertaining to a fish out of water
      • 2012, May 24, Nathan Rabin, Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3, Sequels to fish-out-of-water comedies make progressively less sense the longer a series continues. By the time Crocodile Dundee In Los Angeles rolled around in 2001, 15 years after the first Crocodile Dundee became a surprise blockbuster, the title character had been given an awfully long time to grow acclimated to those kooky Americans
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