To feel like A FISH OUT OF WATER means to feel awkward or unhappy because you are in an unfamiliar situation.
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a. How was your camping trip last week?
b. Oh...the camping trip.
a. Yea. How was it?
b. Let’s just say that I was like A FISH OUT OF WATER.
a. That bad, eh? How long had it been since you went camping?
b. How long had it been? It was my first time.
a. So, what happened?
b. Well, I didn’t know how to do anything. They asked me to pitch a tent. I didn’t know how to do that. They asked me to collect some firewood. I didn’t know how to do that. They asked me to build a fire. I didn’t know how to do that either. I felt like A FISH OUT OF WATER. (chorally)
a. So, why did you go?
b. For the hotdogs and beer!!
a. Hotdogs and Beer? What are you talking about? I meant, why did you go if you didn’t know how to do anything?
b. I don’t know. I figured someone would show me how to do them.
