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boiling frogs

boiling frogs is the plural 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.

Questions about boiling frogs

What is boiling frogs the plural of?
Boiling frogs is the plural of boiling frog.

Words near boiling frogs in the dictionary

  1. boilin'
  2. boiling
  3. boiling away
  4. boiling down
  5. boiling frog
  6. boiling frogs
  7. boiling hot
  8. boiling mad
  9. boiling off
  10. boiling over
  11. boiling plate

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