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Originally Posted by Penske_Account
If this is true, then how does one reconcile the foundation of thought underlying the phrase:
"like a fish out of water"
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The fish understands that something quite wrong is happening environmentally, but does not understand that the problem is that it is no longer wet.
Unless it is one of those fish that occasionally leaves the water, and therefore has the basis for comparison between wet and not-wet. But that fish does not really sync with the foundation of thought underlying the above-mentioned phrase in that, for such a fish, being out of the water is just a momentary break, a respite from wetness, iyw.
