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goldfish bowl
goldfish bowl n 1. Also called: fishbowl a glass bowl, typically spherical, in which fish are kept as pets 2. a place or situation open to observation by onlookers Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  goldfish bowl - a state of affairs in which you have no privacy; "the president lives in a goldfish bowl"fish bowl, fishbowlsituation, state of affairs - the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt | | 2. | goldfish bowl - a transparent bowl in which small fish are keptfish bowl, fishbowlaquarium, fish tank, marine museum - a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animalsbowl - a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids; |
Translationsgoldfish bowl
a goldfish bowlA place, situation, or environment in which one has little or no privacy. A reference to the (typically) spherical bowls in which pet fish are often kept, which can be seen into from all sides. One of the prices of success for a pop star is having to live in a goldfish bowl under the scrutiny of the public eye. I feel like I'm in a goldfish bowl working at this new company, with all their security cameras posted everywhere.See also: bowl, goldfishgoldfish bowlA situation affording no privacy, as in Being in a goldfish bowl comes with the senator's job-there's no avoiding it. The glass bowl allowing one to view goldfish from every direction was transferred first, in the 1920s, to a police interrogation room equipped with a one-way mirror. By the mid-1900s the expression was being used more broadly. See also: bowl, goldfishgoldfish bowl a place or situation lacking privacy.See also: bowl, goldfishgoldfish bowl
Synonyms for goldfish bowlnoun a state of affairs in which you have no privacySynonymsRelated Words- situation
- state of affairs
noun a transparent bowl in which small fish are keptSynonymsRelated Words- aquarium
- fish tank
- marine museum
- bowl
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