In English, we sometimes liken feeling out of place to being a fish out of water. The corresponding phrase in Spanish is to say you feel como un pulpo en el garaje, or like an octopus in a garage. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Like An Octopus In A Garage”
In English, if you’re feeling out of place, you might say, oh, I was a fish out of water.
Or something like that.
In Spanish, you say I was como un pulpo en un garaje, which means…
Octopus in a…
I don’t know if that last word is.
Yes, yes, garage.
Garage.
An octopus in a garage.
That’s pretty much out of place.
It could happen.
It has happened.
Right, because they’re smart.
They escape, right?
Yes, yes.
I actually saw a photograph on the news.
In a garage.
In a garage.
In Spain.
In South Florida.
No, it was South Florida during the rains.
Yeah.
