like a fish out of water
- uncomfortableCausing unease or distress
- awkwardLacking grace or ease
- displacedShifted from proper location
- strandedLeft without means to leave
- flounderingStruggling clumsily, failing
gasping · struggling · alien · outsider · misfit · unfamiliar · lost · bewildered · foreign · strange · clumsy · uneasy · squirming · flopping · suffocating · landlocked · beached · transplanted
comfort and belonging in an environment
like a fish out of waterin one's element
Ideally suited to surroundings
at home · right at home · comfortable in one's own skin · at ease · belonging
competence and ease in a situation
like a fish out of waterin one's element
Ideally suited to surroundings
in the zone · smooth as silk · effortless · on solid ground · sure-footed