be (as) cool as a cucumber

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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.

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

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"Everyone seems to be as cool as a cucumber about the prospect of abseiling, but I am sure that that will change when they are dangling at the end of a rope!"

Abseil for charity

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be anyone's call
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be are nothing compared to us
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be around
be art and part of
be art and part of (something)
be art and part of something
be as (something) as all get-out
be as (something) as they come
be as [crazy etc.] as they come
be as [fast etc.] as all get out
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be as bald as a coot
be as black as is painted
be as black as one is painted
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be as cute as a button
be as daft as a brush
be as dead as a dodo
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be as deaf as a doornail
be as deaf as a post
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be as dry as a bone
be as dull as dishwater
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be as easy as abc
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be as fit as a fiddle
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be as full as a boot
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be as good as (one's) word
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