fresh off the boat

== English == === Alternative forms === fob, FOB === Adjective === fresh off the boat (idiomatic, usually derogatory) Newly arrived from a foreign place, especially as an immigrant who is still unfamiliar with the customs and language of their new environment. Synonym: (abbreviation) FOB 2005, Lev Grossman, "They Built This City (book review)," Time, 20 Mar.: Metropolis is the story of a harmless, hapless, nameless young German immigrant, fresh off the boat in 1860-something, who has a knack for naively stumbling into complicated plots through no fault of his own. ==== Derived terms ==== fob === Further reading === fresh off the boat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia