by octopod April 20, 2006
Get the birdcage liner mug.Someone who has all the skills and knowledge to thrive, but due to circumstance, their surroundings, and the people and things their surrounded by, they will likely never live up to their potential. They will often feel inferior and insecure because they don’t seem to fit in, and don’t have the same abilities as their peers.
A fish has all the qualities and abilities to survive and thrive, but are helpless out of water, that’s where the saying is supposed to mean on a literal level, but on a figurative level it means someone who has skills and abilities that may be unconventional or less socially acceptable, and are pressured to fit a mold that doesn’t work for them.
A fish has all the qualities and abilities to survive and thrive, but are helpless out of water, that’s where the saying is supposed to mean on a literal level, but on a figurative level it means someone who has skills and abilities that may be unconventional or less socially acceptable, and are pressured to fit a mold that doesn’t work for them.
Alice is a fish inside a birdcage. She has incredible potential, but she hangs around shitty people who don’t support her, and she keeps trying to fit in where she doesn’t truly belong.
by TallWhiteDude October 12, 2023
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Term used to describe someone with a protruding sternum and a skeletal body type.
See also:
ashtray; carcass;
See also:
ashtray; carcass;
by Brad February 26, 2004
Get the birdcage mug.1 - A handjob, delivered through the boxers, usually in a situation in which the giver of the birdcage believes the recipient's genitals to be dirty or otherwise inadvisable to touch. A Chi-Phi-ism. Can be used as a verb.
2 - Metaphorically, anything unsatisfying or upsetting.
3 - A stock phrase, "Worse than a birdcage," used to connote extreme irritation.
2 - Metaphorically, anything unsatisfying or upsetting.
3 - A stock phrase, "Worse than a birdcage," used to connote extreme irritation.
1 - Man, this broad gave me the birdcage right on the dance floor. Sir!
2 - Those fucking cops were giving me the birdcage.
3 - The party was worse than a birdcage, bro, everyone was completely state.
2 - Those fucking cops were giving me the birdcage.
3 - The party was worse than a birdcage, bro, everyone was completely state.
by yt March 14, 2003
Get the the birdcage mug.The birdcage is when a guy has plans to chill with his friends but is then made to feel guilty to hang out with his woman.
Birdcage can also generally be a demanding girlfriend.
Birdcage can also generally be a demanding girlfriend.
"Man, you coming out tonight?"
"Yeah, I'll be there..." --- phone rings---- "GOD DAMN BIRD CAGE!!!!!"
"What's Mike been up to recently?"
"I dunno, since his wings were clipped marriage he's really been birdcaged."
"Yeah, I'll be there..." --- phone rings---- "GOD DAMN BIRD CAGE!!!!!"
"What's Mike been up to recently?"
"I dunno, since his wings were clipped marriage he's really been birdcaged."
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