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FRESH FISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fresh fish mean?
• FRESH FISH (noun)
The noun FRESH FISH has 1 sense:
1. soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire
Familiarity information: FRESH FISH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
cannon fodder; fodder; fresh fish
Hypernyms ("fresh fish" is a kind of...):
soldier (an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
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