What does the idiom in this text suggest?
In such an unfamiliar environment, Xavier was a fish out of water.
Xavier didn't have any friends. Xavier felt out of place.
Figures of speech are words or phrases that use language in a nonliteral or unusual way. They can make writing more expressive.
An idiom is an expression that cannot be understood literally. Its meaning must be learned.
The assignment was a piece of cake.
The text uses an idiom, an expression that cannot be understood literally.
The idiom a fish out of water suggests that Xavier felt out of place. A fish out of water is someone out of his or her usual, comfortable environment.