Fresh Fish (Noun)
Meaning
Soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Usages
Examples
- The new recruits were sent to the front lines as fresh fish, cannon fodder for the enemy's artillery.
- The commanding officer didn't care about the fresh fish, he just wanted to hold the position at any cost.
- The soldiers who had been in the trenches for months referred to the new arrivals as fresh fish, naive and inexperienced.
- The general was willing to sacrifice the fresh fish to weaken the enemy's defenses before sending in the main assault.
- The grizzled veterans looked on with a mixture of disdain and pity as the fresh fish were mowed down by the enemy's machine guns.