77. I feel like a fish out of water doing that job.
點(diǎn)睛
a fish out of water是俚語(yǔ)，字面意思為“離開(kāi)水的魚”，隱含意義為“某人和他所處的環(huán)境不融洽，使他感到很別扭、很難堪”。如：
At the conference I was a fish out of water. All the speeches were in French, a language I never studied. 參加那個(gè)會(huì)議真叫我感到別扭。所有的發(fā)言都用法語(yǔ)，可是我從來(lái)都沒(méi)有學(xué)過(guò)法語(yǔ)。
考點(diǎn)歸納
與fish有關(guān)的表達(dá)還有很多。如：
to teach a fish how to swim意為“班門弄斧；給別人提出完全沒(méi)有必要的建議或勸告”。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. 我的兒子大學(xué)剛畢業(yè)，可是他卻不斷地來(lái)告訴我應(yīng)該怎么做生意。我30年來(lái)生意做得很好，賺了不少錢。所以，他這樣做真是多余。
fish out意為“撈出；摸索出”。如：
Hey, there is a man dropped into the river. Go and fish him out! 看，有人掉進(jìn)河里了。去把他救上來(lái)！
fish for意為“設(shè)法用間接手段得到某事物”，相當(dāng)于try to gain sth. by indirect methods。如：
He is fishing for our company's latest news. 他拐彎抹角地打探我們公司最近的消息。
