goldfish bowl
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goldfish bowl (plural goldfish bowls)
- A transparent bowl in which pet fish are kept.
- (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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bowl in which fish are kept
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