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Angie's avatar

I always thought it was a metaphor

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Cecil Bothwell's avatar

I guess it has become one. But, gee, it makes frogs sound sort of insensitive, when they are anything but, say, compared to a potato. You put a potato in a pan of water and slowly raise the temperature … will it climb out? Never.

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Angie's avatar

Smile

I read a newsletter ( at the Dispatch) called Boiling Frogs, FWIW...lol

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