0 a bowl that is usually round and made of glass and is used for keeping pet fish in, especially goldfish:
In this atmosphere it was difficult to formulate coherent plans for making peace in such a goldfish bowl environment.
We do not want a new town to be a goldfish bowl that is entirely self-contained.
It is more a case of living in a goldfish bowl.
It is a military unit in a goldfish bowl.
There will be a better understanding in the world outside this goldfish bowl of why people hold to that point of view.
Of course, these people must not live in a goldfish bowl.
The authority of government cannot be maintained in a goldfish bowl, where everything is on display or about to be displayed.
This is the goldfish bowl in which we all live.