fish bowl
A small, rounded, transparent, and domestic aquariumA small, rounded, transparent, and domestic aquarium.
» If you keep fish in a fish bowl, you should change the water at least once a week.
Meaning
4 sensesA small, rounded, transparent, and domestic aquarium.
a transparent bowl in which small fish are kept
(broadly, figuratively)Any place or event that lacks privacy or is intensely scrutinized.
(figuratively)A variety of discussions where participants are organized in concentric circles and take turns where they and others in the same group are allowed to speak according to a set of rules.
Fischglas
аква́риумakvárium
(figuratively)The central and smallest circle where the speakers are located in some versions of such a discussion.
Examples
4 sentencesIf you keep fish in a fish bowl, you should change the water at least once a week.
Mennad was cleaning his fish bowl.
Mennad's fish bowl needs to be changed.
Mennad accidentally broke Baya's fish bowl.
Translations
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Forms
plural: fish bowlsSynonyms
2 synonyms- a transparent bowl in which small fish are kept:fishbowlgoldfish bowl
- a state of affairs in which you have no privacy:goldfish bowlfishbowl