听力口语关键句77

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

　　六级词汇讲解:

　　a fish out of water是侄语，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。

　　英语六级考点归纳

　　与fish有关的表达还有很多。如:

　　to beach 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 Ive been making good money for 30 years so hes 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 companys latest news。

　　他拐弯抹角地打探我们公司最近的消息。