fish out of water

(idiom) uncomfortable about a situation you are in

Example Sentences:

The nervous young man felt like a fish out of water when he met his girlfriend’s parents.

I’m really good at playing football, but I’m a fish out of water when I try to play tennis!

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Similar idioms:

1. there are plenty of fish in the sea
2. get into hot water
3. fresh off the boat
4. does not hold water
5. water under the bridge
6. drink like a fish
7. suck at
8. throw cold water on
9. not playing with a full deck
10. blood is thicker than water
11. keep one’s head above water
12. get along like a house on fire
13. birds of a feather, flock together