fresh fish

Just off boat

Fresh fish is fish recently caught, not frozen, canned, or preserved.

The phrase extends to anything newly arrived or inexperienced.

In prison slang, fresh fish are new inmates—vulnerable newcomers who haven't learned the rules: The guards walked the fresh fish to their cells.

A fresh fish in any environment is someone obviously new and out of place.

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wet market · wholesale market · briny · cold chain logistics · slippery · eco-labeling · gleaming · aquaponics · lemon butter sauce · marine reserves · flaky · pier · trout · cod · fillet · fisherman · cooler · salmon

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preservation state

fresh fishfrozen fish

Seafood kept below freezing

smoked fish · dried fish · salted fish · pickled fish · cured fish

temporal quality/freshness

fresh fishrotten fish

culinary preparation

fresh fishfried fish

Cooked seafood in oil

baked fish · fish sticks · fish fingers · fish cakes

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G