cucumber
(kjuːkʌmbəʳ )
Word forms: cucumbers
1. variable noun B1+
A cucumber is a long thin vegetable with a hard green skin and wet transparent flesh. It is eaten raw in salads.
2. as cool as a cucumber phrase
If you say that someone is as cool as a cucumber, you are emphasizing that they are very calm and relaxed, especially when you would not expect them to be. [emphasis]
You can hardly be held responsible for Darrow waltzing in, cool as a cucumber, and demanding thousands of pounds.
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Idioms:
cool as a cucumber
very relaxed, calm, and not emotional
Never once did she gasp for air or mop her brow. She was as cool as a cucumber.
Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
Collocations:
cucumber salad cucumber sandwich pickled cucumber
Serve with some egg fried rice and a cucumber salad.
The Sun
I love them with home-made tzatziki, giving this cucumber salad plenty of zing with lemon juice and garlic.
Times, Sunday Times
Pile the grape and cucumber salad in the centre, ready for the fish.
Times, Sunday Times
Divide the skewers and cucumber salad between serving plates and serve with rice and the remaining marinade.
Times, Sunday Times
Drain the liquid from the cucumber salad, squeezing it lightly with your hands.
Times, Sunday Times
To my 14-year-old self it made a knickerbocker glory seem like a stale cucumber sandwich.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Finally, you have to have a cucumber sandwich.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They had to share a cucumber sandwich.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
An obituary compared her to a cucumber sandwich and a knitted jumper.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It's a real joy served with lightly pickled cucumber.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Serve with the pickled cucumber on the side and cut the remaining lime into wedges for squeezing over.
The Sun (2015)
Serve with potatoes and pickled cucumber.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It will transform salmon fishcakes, bring new interest to potato salads and is very good with pickled cucumber.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
They combine well with quickly pickled cucumber and rocket.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Translations:
Chinese: 黄瓜
Japanese: キュウリ
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