The hypothetical boiled frog is a useful metaphor for a very real problem: the difficulty of responding to disasters that creep up on you a bit at a time.

• 这种在理论假设上被煮的青蛙，是对一个非常实际问题的贴切比喻，即，每次对悄然靠近你一些的灾难的反应很迟缓。