Someone who has all the skills and knowledge to thrive, but due to circumstance, their surroundings, and the people and things their surrounded by, they will likely never live up to their potential. They will often feel inferior and insecure because they don’t seem to fit in, and don’t have the same abilities as their peers.
A fish has all the qualities and abilities to survive and thrive, but are helpless out of water, that’s where the saying is supposed to mean on a literal level, but on a figurative level it means someone who has skills and abilities that may be unconventional or less socially acceptable, and are pressured to fit a mold that doesn’t work for them.
A fish has all the qualities and abilities to survive and thrive, but are helpless out of water, that’s where the saying is supposed to mean on a literal level, but on a figurative level it means someone who has skills and abilities that may be unconventional or less socially acceptable, and are pressured to fit a mold that doesn’t work for them.
Alice is a fish inside a birdcage. She has incredible potential, but she hangs around shitty people who don’t support her, and she keeps trying to fit in where she doesn’t truly belong.
by TallWhiteDude October 12, 2023
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We'll be having a unit inspection by the full bird this week. Let's make sure we look sharp for Colonel Smith.
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Dude, I had like 8 shots of Jaeger and was making out with this girl. I was so wasted that I puked in her mouth. I totally gave that chick The Mama Bird.
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Get the The Mama Bird mug.A.) (v.) To stare at the opposite sex in an obvious manner, such as a bird dog, like a Pointer, would do when the hunter has shot a bird.
B.) (v.) To stare while shading your eyes from the sun with your hand.
C.) (n.) A dog that hunts birds.
B.) (v.) To stare while shading your eyes from the sun with your hand.
C.) (n.) A dog that hunts birds.
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by purebliss February 15, 2006
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(2) A kilogram or 2.2 pounds of an illegal street drug.
the street name bird derived from how actual birds
moves from one place to another. A bird or a kilogram is
the exact weight it comes packaged and shipped from its
place of origin (normally Central and South America) and
distributed to all parts of the United States where it is
repackaged into smaller quantities and sold for a profit.
(2) A kilogram or 2.2 pounds of an illegal street drug.
the street name bird derived from how actual birds
moves from one place to another. A bird or a kilogram is
the exact weight it comes packaged and shipped from its
place of origin (normally Central and South America) and
distributed to all parts of the United States where it is
repackaged into smaller quantities and sold for a profit.
(ex1)All she do is smoke pot all day,she's a bird"
(ex2)"I need a full bird, I'm about to go outta town and hustle"
(ex2)"I need a full bird, I'm about to go outta town and hustle"
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