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fresh off the boat

adj

Definitions

  1. Newly arrived from a foreign place, especially as an immigrant who is still unfamiliar…

    Newly arrived from a foreign place, especially as an immigrant who is still unfamiliar with the customs and language of their new environment.

    • 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
    • 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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA