水を得た魚

Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	得	魚
みず Grade: 1	え Grade: 5	うお Grade: 2

Idiom

水(みず)を得(え)た魚(うお) • (mizu o eta uo)

(idiomatic) "a fish who's found water" → In one's element, a duck to water.

Synonyms

水(みず)を得(え)た魚(うお)のよう (mizu o eta uo no yō)

References

Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN