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I wonder, does the below stentence make sense to English speakers? It is what I literally translated one of sayings in my country.
They are like 'frogs in a boling pot'.
which means that someone are ignorant of themselves being in danger, since the situation is getting worse so slowly. For instance, "The people are being like 'frogs in a boiling pot', even though the situation is escalating year by year, they are still opposing to the government rasing the national defense budget.
I wonder, does the below stentence make sense to English speakers? It is what I literally translated one of sayings in my country.
They are like 'frogs in a boling pot'.
which means that someone are ignorant of themselves being in danger, since the situation is getting worse so slowly. For instance, "The people are being like 'frogs in a boiling pot', even though the situation is escalating year by year, they are still opposing to the government rasing the national defense budget.
They are like 'frogs in a boling pot'.
which means that someone are ignorant of themselves being in danger, since the situation is getting worse so slowly. For instance, "The people are being like 'frogs in a boiling pot', even though the situation is escalating year by year, they are still opposing to the government rasing the national defense budget.
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Yes, English has the same idiom: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/boiling+frog
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Yes, English has the same idiom: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/boiling+frog
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