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fishes out of water

fishes out of water is the plural of fish out of water.

Meaning of fish out of water

Noun

fish out of water (plural fishes out of water or fish out of water)

  1. (idiomatic) A person in unfamiliar and often uncomfortable surroundings.
    • [I]nto this queer assembly, something of a fish out of water and wholly out of his element, strode Cherry Bim, that redoubtable man.1921, Edgar Wallace, chapter 2, in The Book of All-Power

Questions about fishes out of water

What is fishes out of water the plural of?
Fishes out of water is the plural of fish out of water.

Words near fishes out of water in the dictionary

  1. fishes for compliments
  2. fishes in troubled waters
  3. fishes one's wish
  4. fishes or cuts bait
  5. fishes out
  6. fishes out of water
  7. fishes to fry
  8. fishes up
  9. fishess
  10. fishesses
  11. fishest

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