A metaphor for failing to perceive or respond to gradual adverse changes until a crisis occurs.
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Reference to the anecdotal (commonly regarded as apocryphal) story in which a frog subjected to slowly increasing heat does not escape and is boiled; used literally when discussing the tale itself.
Examples:
EN: No, the boiling frog story is not true.
HI: हाँ किरदार कहानी के सच्चे नही है
EN: "Do you remember what Madame said about the boiling frog?"
TE: ముద్దు గురించి ఆ స్టార్ హీరోయిన్ ఏం చెప్పిందో తెలుసా. . ?
EN: (Don't know about the boiling frog?
TE: (క్షీణించిన తీగల ప్లే ఎలా తెలియదా?
EN: It's boiling frog theory.
ES: Es la teoría de la rana hirviendo.
EN: Telling the boiling frog what he needs to know: thresholds of risk and opportunity in the science and economics of...
HI: उबलते मेंढक को यह बताना कि उसे क्या जानना चाहिएः जलवायु परिवर्तन के विज्ञान और अर्थशास्त्र में जोखिम और अवसर की सीमा