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Free sign upThe phrase "a fish in a" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in the context of the idiom "a fish out of water," which describes someone who feels uncomfortable or out of place in a particular situation.
Example: "When I moved to the big city from a small town, I felt like a fish in a strange pond."
Alternatives: "a stranger in a" or "an outsider in a".
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About a fish in a scarlet robe?
Mr. Rich then eyes a fish in a nearby stream.
A fish in a bucket, as they say.
I felt like a fish in a fishbowl.
Ally felt like a fish in a bowl, helpless to escape being seen.
"I felt like a fish in a goldfish bowl," he says.
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The result gave her a nice excuse to offer a fish-in-a-barrel shot at guess which candidate.
The Tea Party in the US offers a fish-in-a-barrel instance of the way that the reactionary right now draws from the identity-politics playbook set out by its opponents.
At the same time, there's a fish-in-a-barrel quality to some of Aaronovitch's debunkings, and the book's sprawl means that its insights into the conspiratorial mind-set often feel hopelessly general or disappointingly banal.
Critics and discerning moviegoers may roll their eyes at what seems like a fish-in-a-barrel retread (see my colleague Mark Olsen's excellent review, in which he calls Sandler the "white Tyler Perry").
The New Yorker, January 29 , 1927P. 43 A fish in an aquarium View Article By Miranda Carter By Amos Barshad By Jia Tolentino By Doreen St. Félix.
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