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Meaning of fresh off the boat | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2

Definitions

Newly arrived from a foreign place, especially as an immigrant who is still unfamiliar with the customs and language of their new environment.

derogatory, idiomatic, usually

Examples

“You were fresh off the boat from Virginia / I had a year in New York City under my belt / We met in a dream, we were both nineteen”

“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.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

fresh out of fresh-faced fresh-out-of-college freshe fresher freshest