Idiom
fresh off the boat
Meaning
Newly arrived from a foreign place, especially as an immigrant who is still unfamiliar with the customs and language of their new environment.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He is fresh off the boat and still learning the local customs.”
“When he arrived in the city, he was fresh off the boat and struggled to understand the local transit system.”
“Though he was fresh off the boat and unfamiliar with the language, his determination to succeed in this new country was evident to everyone he met.”
Examples
simple
“He is fresh off the boat and still learning the local customs.”
contextual
“When he arrived in the city, he was fresh off the boat and struggled to understand the local transit system.”
complex
“Though he was fresh off the boat and unfamiliar with the language, his determination to succeed in this new country was evident to everyone he met.”
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