as cool as cucumber

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• cucumber — n. 1) to peel; slice a cucumber 2) (misc.) as cool as a cucumber * * * [ kjuːkʌmbə] slice a cucumber (misc.) as cool asa cucumber to peel …   Combinatory dictionary

• cool as a cucumber — {adj. phr.}, {informal} Very calm and brave; not nervous, worried, or anxious; not excited; composed. * /Bill is a good football quarterback, always cool as a cucumber./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• cool as a cucumber — {adj. phr.}, {informal} Very calm and brave; not nervous, worried, or anxious; not excited; composed. * /Bill is a good football quarterback, always cool as a cucumber./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• cool as a cucumber — Calm, imperturbable • • • Main Entry: ↑cucumber * * * (as) cool as a cucumber untroubled by heat, stress, or exertion ■ calm and relaxed * * * (as) cool as a cucumber see ↑cool, 1 …   Useful english dictionary

• Cucumber mosaic virus — (CMV) Fig. 1. A red violet stained hexagonal inclusion body of CMV. The blue colored body below the virus inclusion is the nucleus of the cell. Virus classification Group: Group IV …   Wikipedia

• cucumber — [kyo͞o′kum΄bər; ] occas [., kyo͞okəmbər] n. [ME cucomer < OFr or L; OFr cocombre < L cucumis (gen. cucumeris)] 1. a trailing annual vine (Cucumis sativus) of the gourd family, grown for its edible fruit 2. the long fruit, with a green rind… …   English World dictionary

• cucumber — (n.) late 14c., from O.Fr. cocombre (13c., Mod.Fr. concombre), from L. cucumerem (nom. cucumis), perhaps from a pre Italic Mediterranean language. The Latin word also is the source of It. cocomero, Sp. cohombro, Port. cogombro. Replaced O.E.… …   Etymology dictionary

• cool — [[t]ku͟ːl[/t]] ♦♦ cooler, coolest, cools, cooling, cooled 1) ADJ GRADED Something that is cool has a temperature which is low but not very low. I felt a current of cool air... The water was slightly cooler than a child s bath... The vaccines were …   English dictionary

• cool — 1 adjective 1 TEMPERATURE low in temperature, but not cold, often in a way that feels pleasant: There was a cool breeze blowing off the sea. | sipping a cool drink see cold 1 2 CALM calm and not nervous, upset, embarrassed etc: Now just stay cool …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• cool as a cucumber —    A person who is as cool as a cucumber is not anxious, but relaxed and non emotional.     The bride s mother stayed as cool as a cucumber all through the ceremony …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• cool as a cucumber — (as) cool as a cucumber very calm and in control of your emotions. When everything seems to be going wrong, she stays as cool as a cucumber …   New idioms dictionary