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boiled frog

boiled frog is the alternative form of boiling frog.

Meaning of boiling frog

Noun

boiling frog (plural boiling frogs)

  1. (attributive, idiomatic, often) A person who, or thing which, is in a gradually worsening situation without any realization of the peril until it is too late.
    • Environmental pollution and the overconsumption of nonreplenishable resources is the boiling frog syndrome of the 21st century.

Forms of boiled frog

pluralboiled frogs

Questions about boiled frog

What is boiled frog the alternative form of?
Boiled frog is the alternative form of boiling frog.

Words near boiled frog in the dictionary

  1. boiled down
  2. boiled dressing
  3. boiled dressings
  4. boiled egg
  5. boiled eggs
  6. boiled frog
  7. boiled frogs
  8. boiled off
  9. boiled over
  10. boiled rag
  11. boiled rags

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