英语六级-听力口语关键句77. I feel like a fish out of water doing that

77. I feel like a fish out of water doing that job.

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a fish out of water是俚语，字面意思为“离开水的鱼”，隐含意义为“某人和他所处的环境不融洽，使他感到很别扭、很难堪”。如：
At the conference I was a fish out of water. All the speeches were in French, a language I never studied. 参加那个会议真叫我感到别扭。所有的发言都用法语，可是我从来都没有学过法语。

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与fish有关的表达还有很多。如：
to teach a fish how to swim意为“班门弄斧；给别人提出完全没有必要的建议或劝告”。如：
My son, fresh out of college, keeps telling me how to run my business. But I've been making good money for 30 years so he's teaching a fish how to swim. 我的儿子大学刚毕业，可是他却不断地来告诉我应该怎么做生意。我30年来生意做得很好，赚了不少钱。所以，他这样做真是多余。
fish out意为“捞出；摸索出”。如：
Hey, there is a man dropped into the river. Go and fish him out! 看，有人掉进河里了。去把他救上来！
fish for意为“设法用间接手段得到某事物”，相当于try to gain sth. by indirect methods。如：
He is fishing for our company's latest news. 他拐弯抹角地打探我们公司最近的消息。