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fresh off the boat
[ fresh awf thuh boht, of ]
idiom
- being a very recent immigrant, especially from another continent and culture:
I was a shy Indian kid fresh off the boat, with weird clothes and a thick accent, and he was a basketball player from West Philadelphia.
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of fresh off the boat1
Example Sentences
In a career spanning from the YouTube cult classic "Ikea Heights" to a breakout cameo on "The Office," through "Fresh Off the Boat," "Always Be My Maybe" and his recurring presence as Agent Jimmy Woo in the MCU, Park has consistently proven himself one of the most reliably affable actors in entertainment.
Fresh off the boat — literally, it’s there in the background — and in search of cheap lodgings, they head east per a friendly policeman’s direction, to where “the sun don’t shine and the birds don’t sing†and the major players in our story reside within blocks of one another.
In Hollywood shorthand, “The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh†could be described as “Fresh Off the Boat†meets “Never Have I Ever,†which is to say that the Prime Video series revolves around an immigrant family from India that is navigating life in America — more precisely, western Pennsylvania — with a buoyant spirit and some not quite ready for prime-time storylines.
People tired of watching heated Twitter arguments invade their shows, Brunson observed while also noticing how much race became the focal point of shows like “Black-ish†and “Fresh Off the Boat.â€
He also briefly hosted the short-lived late-night talk show “The Pat Sajak Show†in the late 1980s and played himself in a number of films and TV shows, including “The A-Team,†“227,†“Airplane II: The Sequel,†“Santa Barbara,†“The King of Queens,†“Just Shoot Me!†and “Fresh Off the Boat.â€
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