YOU SAID:
He took to painting like a fish in water.
INTO JAPANESE
彼は水中で魚のように絵を描くことにしました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He decided to draw a picture like a fish underwater.
INTO JAPANESE
彼は水中で魚のように絵を描くことにしました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He decided to draw a picture like a fish underwater.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.