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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
fresh off the boat en · ADJ
Meanings
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(derogatory, idiomatic, usually) Newly arrived from a foreign place, especially as an immigrant who is still unfamiliar with the customs and language of their new environment.
Metropolis is the story of a harmless, hapless, nameless young German immigrant, fresh off the boat in 1860-something, who has a knack for naively stumbling into complicated plots through no fault of his own.
2005, Lev Grossman, "They Built This City (book review)," Time, 20 Mar.You were fresh off the boat from Virginia / I had a year in New York City under my belt / We met in a dream, we were both nineteen
1998, “Two Little Girls”, in Ani DiFranco (lyrics), Little Plastic Castle, performed by Ani DiFranco:
Forms
Deriveds
fob
Synonyms
FOB