It's like trying to fit a square peg in a round hole.

这就像，在一个圆形的孔里面试图去适应一个方形的木栓。

His appearance here is like a square peg in a round hole.

他在这里出现，显得有些格格不入。

James is a square peg in a round hole when he is playing volleyball.

詹姆斯打排球是个不合格的运动员。

Tom likes to work with his hands. But when it comes to books, he is a square peg in a round hole.

汤姆喜欢动手操作，而对书本知识却是格格不入。

She was the odd one out, just as she had been at school and university: a square peg in a round hole.

她比较怪僻，象在中学和大学里一样，不适应周围的环境。

I've declined the invitation to the Royal Garden Party; I'd just to be a square peg in a round hole among all those posh people.

我已谢绝参加皇家游园会的邀请，同那些显赫要人在一起，我觉得实在格格不入。

Sometimes we say that someone we know is "a square peg in a round hole". This simply means that the person we are talking about in not suited for the job he is doing.

有时我们说某个熟人是“插在圆孔中的一根方料”，意思是我们所说的这个人不适合做他所从事的工作。

When you attempt to serve God in ways that you're not shaped to serve, it feels like forcing a square peg into a round hole.

你如果要用神没给你的方式服侍神，就像把一个方形的轴柱打成圆的。

And yet, in the period between first recess and orange juice time, I had faced the bitter reality that all that was left was a square peg and a round hole.

但是，第一节课的快下课了，我无奈的发现，我只剩下了一个方楔子和一个圆形小钉板。

This would be like putting a round peg in a square hole of similar sizes.

否则， 这就好象似把一只圆钉钉在了一个同样大小的方洞里。