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boiled frog en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of boiling frog.
    • Given a modest knowledge of the players, we cannot escape the conclusion there are too many boiled frogs managing companies who are losing market share and falling further behind the leaders. 2013, P. Reed Maurer, They Do Well Who Do Good, page 107:
    • Unfortunately, in this analogy, you are the boiled frog! 2006, Charles R. Stoner, Jennifer Robin, A Life in Balance: Finding Meaning in a Chaotic World, page 124:
    • The time to change is now, not when one is the boiled frog. 2001, Harriet R. Feldman, Strategies for Nursing Leadership, page 23:

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