cucumber

(as) cool as a cucumber

slang Calm and composed, especially in times of stress. I was petrified to take the stage, but Alice was as cool as a cucumber. Practicing meditation has helped me to be as cool as a cucumber in times of trouble.

See also: cool, cucumber

be (as) cool as a cucumber

slang To be calm and composed, especially in times of stress. I was petrified to take the stage, but Alice was as cool as a cucumber. Practicing meditation has helped me to be as cool as a cucumber in times of trouble.

See also: cool, cucumber

is that a (something) in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me

cliché Used to humorously indicate that one has noticed that the other person's penis is erect beneath his clothes. Things with phallic shapes, such as "banana," "gun," "cucumber," etc., are used between used between "a" and "in." A: "Hey, Jim. Say, is that a banana in your pocket, or are you just pleased to see me?" B: "Oh, wow, that's embarrassing."

See also: just, please, pocket, see, that

Is that a (something) in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

cliché Used to humorously indicate that one has noticed that the other person's penis is erect beneath his clothes. Things with phallic shapes, such as "banana," "gun," "cucumber," etc., are used between "a" and "in." A: "Hey, Jim. Say, is that a banana in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?" B: "Oh, wow, that's embarrassing."

*cool as a cucumber

extremely calm; imperturbable. (*Also: as ~.) Joan felt nervous, but she acted as cool as a cucumber. The politician kept cool as a cucumber throughout the interview with the aggressive journalist.

See also: cool, cucumber

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

cool as a cucumber

Calm and composed, self-possessed, as in Despite the mishap Margaret was cool as a cucumber. This idiom may be based on the fact that in hot weather the inside of cucumbers remains cooler than the air. [c. 1600] For a synonym, see cool, calm, and collected.

See also: cool, cucumber

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

cool as a cucumber

If someone is as cool as a cucumber, they are very relaxed, calm, and unemotional. Never once did she gasp for air or mop her brow. She was as cool as a cucumber. Karen is usually as cool as a cucumber when she appears on television.

See also: cool, cucumber

Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

cool as a cucumber

perfectly cool or self-possessed.

1992 Randall Kenan Let the Dead Bury Their Dead How many men do you know, black or white, could bluff, cool as a cucumber, caught butt-naked in bed with a damn whore?

See also: cool, cucumber

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

(as) ˌcool as a ˈcucumber

(informal) (of people) very calm, especially when the opposite might be expected, for example on a hot day or in a difficult situation: Everyone was rushing round trying to get things ready, and he just sat there, cool as a cucumber.

See also: cool, cucumber

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

cool as a cucumber

Perfectly composed, self-possessed. The cool temperature of cucumbers apparently was observed long ago, and indeed one modern writer quotes recent evidence that the inside of a field cucumber on a warm day is 20 degrees cooler than the air. Beaumont and Fletcher described “young maids . . . as cold as cucumbers” (Cupid’s Revenge, 1615, 1.1), and in 1732 John Gay, in a New Song on New Similies, wrote, “I . . . cool as a cucumber could see the rest of womankind.” A more recent version with essentially the same meaning is cool, calm, and collected, which likewise owes its popularity to its alliterative appeal. The earliest (and only partial) reference cited by the OED is Sir J. Hannen’s in an 1885 law journal: “A calm and collected and rational mind.”

See also: cool, cucumber

The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer

See also:

cool as a cucumber
(as) cool as a cucumber
be (as) cool as a cucumber
cool, calm, and collected
patient of
be green with envy
envy
green with envy
petrified
extoll the virtues of (someone or something)

References in periodicals archive

6 Divide the pitta breads between serving plates, top with the Little Gem lettuce leaves, a dollop of the cucumber yoghurt and then the cod tikka, and serve immediately.

make it GRILLED COD TIKKA WITH CUCUMBER YOGHURT

The addition of Cucumber also strengthens the BDD value-proposition that SmartBear has been building since last year's acquisition of HipTest, another platform for BDD.

SmartBear Acquires Open Source Community Operator Cucumber

Of course, there are rules to this exchange you can only exchange one cucumber, and it has to be a fresh one, not the ones that have been in the back of your store for three years.

THE DISH: A toast to World Cucumber Day

A few wrong moves and the cucumber could disintegrate into an unsightly mess.

Zen in the kitchen: Cutting 100 slices out of a cucumber

One 11-ounce (300-gram) unpeeled, raw cucumber contains the following:

Health Benefits of Eating Cucumber

Serve over ice and garnish with a lemon and cucumber wheel.

Cucumber and ginger Juice

When you have a bit of time and want to practice your knife skills, you may want to try some Asian-style cucumber preparations:

Cool Cucumber Concepts

Enter mini cucumbers. It's said that these compact cukes (sometimes called Persian cucumbers) got their start in the late 1930s, when breeders crossed Middle-Eastern cucumbers with Indian, Japanese, Chinese, American, English, and Dutch varieties to make them more resilient to disease.

Cutie Cukes

They'll be handing out cucumber currency, which you can use in return for a free gin.

Celebrate World Cucumber Day with a FREE gin and tonic when you do this one thing from tomorrow; Hendrick's Gin have partnered up with 200 bars across the UK to give away free G&T's, this is how you can get yours

According to a spokesman for the agriculture department, cucumber is highly demanded during summer, therefore, growers should complete cultivation of cucumber at the earliest as delay in the cultivation may affect its yield at a large extent.

Cucumber cultivation should be completed by April

Cucumber Quest 2: The Ripple Kingdom is the second graphic novel in the Cucumber Quest fantasy-adventure saga, originally chronicled as a popular webcomic.

Cucumber Quest 2: The Ripple Kingdom

Commercial cucumber fermentation is a preservation method that depends on high sodium chloride (NaCl) concentrations.

Quality of Cucumbers Commercially Fermented in Calcium Chloride Brine without Sodium Salts

Table-3: The correlation between CsEXP 10 gene expression and fruit shape index in fruit set and early development of cucumber

Endogenous Hormones Levels and Csexpansin 10 Gene Expression in the Fruit Set and Early Development of Cucumber

Holothuria leucospilota or locally known as Patola or bat puntil is currently considered as the most abundant sea cucumber species in Malaysia [1].

Holothuria leucospilota Population in Satang Besar Island, Sarawak, Malaysia

4 DUE to its high water and fibre content and being low in calories, cucumber is an ideal food for people who are looking to lose weight.

five reasons to... eat cucumber

词组	cucumber
释义	cucumber (as) cool as a cucumber slang Calm and composed, especially in times of stress. I was petrified to take the stage, but Alice was as cool as a cucumber. Practicing meditation has helped me to be as cool as a cucumber in times of trouble. See also: cool, cucumber be (as) cool as a cucumber slang To be calm and composed, especially in times of stress. I was petrified to take the stage, but Alice was as cool as a cucumber. Practicing meditation has helped me to be as cool as a cucumber in times of trouble. See also: cool, cucumber is that a (something) in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me cliché Used to humorously indicate that one has noticed that the other person's penis is erect beneath his clothes. Things with phallic shapes, such as "banana," "gun," "cucumber," etc., are used between used between "a" and "in." A: "Hey, Jim. Say, is that a banana in your pocket, or are you just pleased to see me?" B: "Oh, wow, that's embarrassing." See also: just, please, pocket, see, that Is that a (something) in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me? cliché Used to humorously indicate that one has noticed that the other person's penis is erect beneath his clothes. Things with phallic shapes, such as "banana," "gun," "cucumber," etc., are used between "a" and "in." A: "Hey, Jim. Say, is that a banana in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?" B: "Oh, wow, that's embarrassing." See also: happy, just, see, that Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. cool as a cucumber extremely calm; imperturbable. (Also: as ~.) Joan felt nervous, but she acted as cool as a cucumber. The politician kept cool as a cucumber throughout the interview with the aggressive journalist. See also: cool, cucumber McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. cool as a cucumber Calm and composed, self-possessed, as in Despite the mishap Margaret was cool as a cucumber. This idiom may be based on the fact that in hot weather the inside of cucumbers remains cooler than the air. [c. 1600] For a synonym, see cool, calm, and collected. See also: cool, cucumber The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. cool as a cucumber If someone is as cool as a cucumber, they are very relaxed, calm, and unemotional. Never once did she gasp for air or mop her brow. She was as cool as a cucumber. Karen is usually as cool as a cucumber when she appears on television. See also: cool, cucumber Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. cool as a cucumber perfectly cool or self-possessed. 1992 Randall Kenan Let the Dead Bury Their Dead How many men do you know, black or white, could bluff, cool as a cucumber, caught butt-naked in bed with a damn whore? See also: cool, cucumber Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary (as) ˌcool as a ˈcucumber (informal) (of people) very calm, especially when the opposite might be expected, for example on a hot day or in a difficult situation: Everyone was rushing round trying to get things ready, and he just sat there, cool as a cucumber. See also: cool, cucumber Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary cool as a cucumber Perfectly composed, self-possessed. The cool temperature of cucumbers apparently was observed long ago, and indeed one modern writer quotes recent evidence that the inside of a field cucumber on a warm day is 20 degrees cooler than the air. Beaumont and Fletcher described “young maids . . . as cold as cucumbers” (Cupid’s Revenge, 1615, 1.1), and in 1732 John Gay, in a New Song on New Similies, wrote, “I . . . cool as a cucumber could see the rest of womankind.” A more recent version with essentially the same meaning is cool, calm, and collected, which likewise owes its popularity to its alliterative appeal. The earliest (and only partial) reference cited by the OED is Sir J. Hannen’s in an 1885 law journal: “A calm and collected and rational mind.” See also: cool, cucumber The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: cool as a cucumber (as) cool as a cucumber be (as) cool as a cucumber cool, calm, and collected patient of be green with envy envy green with envy petrified extoll the virtues of (someone or something) References in periodicals archive 6 Divide the pitta breads between serving plates, top with the Little Gem lettuce leaves, a dollop of the cucumber yoghurt and then the cod tikka, and serve immediately. make it GRILLED COD TIKKA WITH CUCUMBER YOGHURT The addition of Cucumber also strengthens the BDD value-proposition that SmartBear has been building since last year's acquisition of HipTest, another platform for BDD. SmartBear Acquires Open Source Community Operator Cucumber Of course, there are rules to this exchange you can only exchange one cucumber, and it has to be a fresh one, not the ones that have been in the back of your store for three years. THE DISH: A toast to World Cucumber Day A few wrong moves and the cucumber could disintegrate into an unsightly mess. Zen in the kitchen: Cutting 100 slices out of a cucumber One 11-ounce (300-gram) unpeeled, raw cucumber contains the following: Health Benefits of Eating Cucumber Serve over ice and garnish with a lemon and cucumber wheel. Cucumber and ginger Juice When you have a bit of time and want to practice your knife skills, you may want to try some Asian-style cucumber preparations: Cool Cucumber Concepts Enter mini cucumbers. It's said that these compact cukes (sometimes called Persian cucumbers) got their start in the late 1930s, when breeders crossed Middle-Eastern cucumbers with Indian, Japanese, Chinese, American, English, and Dutch varieties to make them more resilient to disease. Cutie Cukes They'll be handing out cucumber currency, which you can use in return for a free gin. Celebrate World Cucumber Day with a FREE gin and tonic when you do this one thing from tomorrow; Hendrick's Gin have partnered up with 200 bars across the UK to give away free G&T's, this is how you can get yours According to a spokesman for the agriculture department, cucumber is highly demanded during summer, therefore, growers should complete cultivation of cucumber at the earliest as delay in the cultivation may affect its yield at a large extent. Cucumber cultivation should be completed by April Cucumber Quest 2: The Ripple Kingdom is the second graphic novel in the Cucumber Quest fantasy-adventure saga, originally chronicled as a popular webcomic. Cucumber Quest 2: The Ripple Kingdom Commercial cucumber fermentation is a preservation method that depends on high sodium chloride (NaCl) concentrations. Quality of Cucumbers Commercially Fermented in Calcium Chloride Brine without Sodium Salts Table-3: The correlation between CsEXP 10 gene expression and fruit shape index in fruit set and early development of cucumber Endogenous Hormones Levels and Csexpansin 10 Gene Expression in the Fruit Set and Early Development of Cucumber Holothuria leucospilota or locally known as Patola or bat puntil is currently considered as the most abundant sea cucumber species in Malaysia [1]. Holothuria leucospilota Population in Satang Besar Island, Sarawak, Malaysia 4 DUE to its high water and fibre content and being low in calories, cucumber is an ideal food for people who are looking to lose weight. five reasons to... eat cucumber
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