a square peg

Meaning

1. a square peg (in a round hole)

   a person who does not feel happy or comfortable in a particular situation, or who is not suitable for it

In the movies · 2

• We were a square peg and a round hole.The Holiday2006
• l suggest you gentlemen invent a way to put a square peg in a round hole. Rapidly.Apollo 131995

From the same entry

• a square meal
• back to square one
• square away
• square off
• square up
• square up
• square with
• square with
• fair and square