He is a boiling frog, ignoring the small problems until they become a disaster.
boiling frog
idiomA person who, or thing which, is in a gradually worsening situation without any realization of the peril until it is too late.
Origin
disputed originFrom 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.
By slowly accepting lower standards at work, she became a boiling frog and did not notice the toxic environment until she was completely miserable.
The citizens acted as a boiling frog, gradually surrendering their basic freedoms to the authoritarian regime until the loss of liberty became impossible to reverse.
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boiling hot
Extremely hot (having a high temperature: of an object, the weather, a living creature).
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boiling mad
extremely angry; furious.
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boiling point
The state of being heated, with high aggression.
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frog in one's throat
Hoarseness or the need to cough.
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keep the pot boiling
To maintain one's livelihood; to continue to procure the necessities of living.