| 单词 | fresh fish |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfresh fish fresh fish n. slang a new recruit; a person inexperienced in a particular occupation, activity, etc.; (often) spec. (U.S. Prison slang) a new inmate in a prison or other institution.rare before 19th cent. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > first timer starOE fresh fish1623 star1903 stooge1930 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. iii. 87 I haue beene begging sixteene years in Court..: and you (oh fate) A very fresh Fish here. 1853 tr. M. Lermontov Sketches Russ. Life in Caucasus i. 47 The uniform he wore was so very new, and so carefully fitted and put on, that I at once guessed, without difficulty, that he was..an entirely fresh fish in the Caucasus. 1859 Calif. Police Gaz. 10 Apr. 1/4 If a new prisoner arrived at night he was put into the room..and the instant he entered, his arrival would be signalized by the words ‘fresh fish’. 1919 J. W. Gaskill Footpr. through Dixie vi. 111 He has passed the entered apprentice degree in soldiery and is no longer a ‘fresh fish’. 1971 J. D. Horan Blue Messiah x. 119 The fresh fish..are turned over to the old cons. 2019 @TheCatholicGod 24 July in twitter.com (accessed 6 Aug. 2020) You are scared like fresh fish in prison. < as lemmas |
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