boiled frog

A form of boiling frog — A person who, or thing which, is in a gradually worsening situation without any realization of the peril until it is too late.

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Meanings

nounboiled frog (plural boiled frogs)

plural boiled frogs

  1. alternativeAlternative form of boiling frog.

    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
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    The time to change is now, not when one is the boiled frog.

    2001, Harriet R. Feldman, Strategies for Nursing Leadership, page 23

    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
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