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goldfish bowl

noun

Definition of goldfish bowl

: a place or situation offering no privacy

Examples of goldfish bowl in a Sentence

celebrities who cannot escape from the goldfish bowl of constant publicity

Recent Examples on the Web

 The foreground offers four goldfish bowls, water within each, but none with fish. — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, "Where Europe and Asia meet: Chloe Dewe Mathews’s ‘Caspian: The Elements’," 12 June 2019 Rylance's Philippe is first encountered alone in a nightshirt, fishing from a goldfish bowl while sharing existential reflections with its circling occupant. — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Farinelli and the King': Theater Review," 18 Dec. 2017

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First Known Use of goldfish bowl

1935, in the meaning defined above

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goldfish bowl

noun

English Language Learners Definition of goldfish bowl

: a place or condition in which there is no privacy

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