goldfish bowl

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡoʊldfɪʃ ˈboʊl/
  • (file)

Noun

goldfish bowl (plural goldfish bowls)

  1. A transparent bowl in which pet fish are kept.
  2. (by extension) Any place that lacks privacy, especially a room with a large window facing a public area.
    • 2023 November 1, Nick Brodrick talks to Jason Cocker, “A station that "oozes" customer service...”, in RAIL, number 995, page 50:
      "Because East Midlands Railway's HQ is here in Derby, we're rather in a goldfish bowl... and now there's the announcement that Derby will be the Great British Railway headquarters, so the goldfish bowl is about to get a whole lot bigger," he says.

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