pond life
Frogs and algae
Pond life refers to the organisms living in ponds—algae, insects, amphibians, and small fish that inhabit still freshwater.
In British slang, pond life is a contemptuous term for people considered worthless or disgusting, the lowest of the low: The tabloids called the rioters pond life.
The insult suggests something primitive and barely worth noticing.
- duckweedMinute aquatic floating plant
- aquatic insectsInvertebrates living in water
- water bugsAquatic insects, often surface-dwelling
- lily padsFloating aquatic foliage
- frogsLeaping, croaking amphibians
snails · dragonflies · tadpoles · frog eggs · algae · wetlands · water striders · lowlife · newts · plankton · food chain · freshwater · bioindicators · water lilies · still water · limnology · nature study · minnows
- nature booksanimal stories, White Fang, Walden, field guides, The Lorax
- pondscattails, lily pads, tadpoles, duckweed, reeds
- Frog Thingslily pad, toad, croaking, ribbit, leaping
- freshwater sciencefreshwater lakes, lake management, lake depth, water chemistry, dissolved oxygen
- nature scienceanimals, plants, insects, butterflies, caterpillars
- biology topicsanimals, plants, insects, dinosaurs, fish
social status (British slang)
pond lifethe elite
Most powerful group
high society · upper crust · pillars of society · the great and the good · toffs