boiling frog
noun/ˈbɔɪlɪŋ ˌfɹɒɡ/UK/ˈbɔɪlɪŋ ˌfɹɑɡ/US
Etymology
From a widespread misconception describing a frog slowly being boiled alive. The premise is that if a frog is placed in boiling water, it will jump out, but if it is placed in cold water that is slowly heated, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death.
Definitions
A person who, or thing which, is in a gradually worsening situation without any…
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.
- You can guess what the politicians said back then, too. "Don't worry," I'll bet they claimed, "tax rates will never rise!" It's the Boiling Frog Syndrome all over again.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for boiling frog. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA