A: Nowadays swindlers are everywhere! B: What happened? A: A friend called me yesterday insisting on meeting me in person. He tried to pull me into a pyramid scheme! B: Did you turn him down? A: Of course I did. I’m not just off the boat. I know what’s going on. Note: This American slang refers to someone naive and gullible. As early immigrant often arrived at the United States in a sea vessel, “just off the boat” is used to describe new immigrants believed to be gullible and naive. |