fresh meat
Uninitiated vulnerable targets
Fresh meat is newly obtained meat, not frozen or preserved.
Figuratively, it refers to newcomers who are vulnerable or available for exploitation—new recruits, inexperienced workers, or incoming students seen as targets: The seniors eyed the freshmen like fresh meat.
The phrase often carries predatory or sexual connotations.
- fatAdipose tissue
- newbieInexperienced person, informally
- new kidRecently arrived youngster
- rawIn original state
- redPrimary color, warm
greenhorn · newcomer · prey · neophyte · carcass · rookie · beginner · victim · recruit · first day · easy mark · sitting duck · easy target · lamb to slaughter · fledgling · ingenue · butcher · cannon fodder
- butcherybutcher, butchering, beef, slaughter, pork chops
- low-sodium foodssalt substitute, Mrs. Dash, unsalted butter, plain rice, brown rice
- meatbeef, pork, chicken, steak, bacon
- meatsbeef, chicken, pork, ham, mutton
- novicesnovice, beginner, rookie, newbie, greenhorn
- expendable soldierscannon fodder, expendables, disposables, warm bodies, redshirts
fresh meatseasoned veteran
Highly experienced person
old hand · veteran · old-timer · senior member · old guard
fresh meatspoiled meat
Decomposed animal tissue
rotten meat · cured meat · smoked meat · jerky · carrion
fresh meatstreet smart
Wise to urban ways
nobody's fool · shark · predator · top dog · alpha
meat, fresh, refresh, refreshing, freshness, refreshment, refreshed, freshest, fresher