potato chip of the sea
- noun
- Informal
:
patata frita del mar
- She described the roasted seaweed as the best potato chip of the sea she had ever tasted.
Examples
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I love snacking on potato chips of the sea while watching movies.
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Many people enjoy eating potato chip of the sea as a healthy snack alternative.
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The restaurant served a delicious appetizer made from potato chip of the sea with sesame flavor.
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Have you tried potato chips of the sea from that new store?
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Many people enjoy eating potato chip of the sea as a crunchy, savory snack.
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At the party, we served a variety of potato chip of the sea, including spicy and original flavors.
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She thought the potato chip of the sea was a perfect accompaniment to her sushi dinner.
Surface Forms
Morphology
potato + chip + of + the + sea
The phrase is compositionally built from familiar parts: 'potato chip' (a crispy snack) plus the source modifier 'of the sea' (originating from the sea), so a learner can infer it refers to a crispy, snack-like sea product (e.g., seaweed snacks). This semantic combination follows normal English noun + of-phrase patterns and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can reasonably derive the intended meaning.
Etymology
Potato chip of the sea comes from comparing a thin, crispy potato chip to sheets of dried seaweed or other thin food from the sea. So, people use it as a playful name for a 'seaweed snack' or any crispy seafood treat.
