Serve as a guinea pig



Serve as a guinea pig

Fig. [for someone] to be experimented on; to allow some sort of test to be performed on one. (Alludes to the use of guinea pigs for biological experiments.) Try it on someone else! I don't want to serve as a guinea pig! Jane agreed to serve as a guinea pig. She'll be the one to try out the new flavor of ice cream.
See also: guinea, pig, serve

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Nona (2)-English, Ancient Roman (Rare)
Aydan (2)AY-dənEnglish (Modern)
Maloney[mə'ləuni]
Rossellaros-SEL-lahItalian
Leeba-Yiddish
Steen-Danish