A fish out of water
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 19In an uncomfortable position
असहज महसूस करना
He was a fish out of water in that room for forty minutes.
A fish out of water is misplaced and not incapable.
Daily use: Wahan fish out of water lag raha tha.
वो कविता याद कीजिए: 'मछली जल की रानी है, जीवन उसका पानी है'। पानी से बाहर निकालो तो मछली बेचैन। A fish out of water = ऐसा व्यक्ति जो अनजान जगह पर असहज महसूस करे।
Remember the children's rhyme 'machhli jal ki rani hai, jeevan uska paani hai' (the fish is queen of the water; water is her life). Take her out of the water and she is in deep discomfort. A fish out of water is a person in an uncomfortable, unfamiliar position.
अक्सर पूछा जाने वाला idiom; उत्तर है 'in an uncomfortable position'। In one's element (अपने माहौल में सहज) इसका उल्टा है।
A frequently asked idiom; the answer is 'in an uncomfortable position'. 'In one's element' (completely at ease) is the opposite.
SSC में कहाँ पूछा गयाWhere SSC asked it
- In my new office, all employees were different, so I felt like a fish out of water.SSC CGL Pre 2024
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- She felt like a fish out of water at her new job.SSC CGL Mains 2020
- A fish out of waterSSC CPO Pre 2019
- I felt like a fish out of water among the lawyers.SSC · before 2018