A few days ago
Anonymous

What does it mean to say someone is beached? like a beached oaf perhaps?

I was walking in the grocery store and some kid called my friend a beached oaf!

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A few days ago
Anonymous

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Like a beached whale, but dumber.
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A few days ago
Pooka
To be “beached” would mean to be out of your element. A whale that’s ended up in shallow waters or a boat that’s been driven onto land by a storm is “beached”. The implication is that you’re out of your element and look really awful as a result, or flopping about uselessly.
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