"boiled frog" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: boiled frogs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} boiled frog (plural boiled frogs)
  1. Alternative form of boiling frog Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: boiling frog
    Sense id: en-boiled_frog-en-noun-5-cNVa2q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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