serve as a/(one's) guinea pig
serve as a/(one's) guinea pig
To act or function as the object of a test, experiment, or assessment. We'll have a limited release of the product and let this region serve as a guinea pig. If it is received well, we can expand production and distribution to the rest of the country. A: "I have a wild new dish I'd like you to try!" B: "No way! I have no interest in serving as your guinea pig again."
See also: guinea, pig, serve
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- kick around
- Serve as a guinea pig
- paperweight
- at a snail’s pace
- at a snail's pace
- FOD
- guinea
- guinea pig
- a guinea pig
- go jump in a/the lake