noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
as cool as a cucumber
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She looks efficient and as cool as a cucumber .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
cool
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But Paula, dressed in light grey leggings, sweatshirt and a blue denim jacket, looks as cool as a cucumber .
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The vote was twenty-four hours away now, but the election commission chairman was cool as a cucumber .
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And now, here was this boy standing by the big pool, as cool as a cucumber and wearing his helmet.
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She looked as efficient as a hospital matron, as cool as a cucumber .
■ NOUN
sandwich
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She was known for her acerbity, her cucumber sandwiches , and her insistence on decorum.
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A cucumber sandwich is curling its lip.
sea
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Periclimenes shrimps are superficially similar in appearance to Harlequin Shrimp species but do not harm their host anemone or sea cucumber .
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I have encountered herds of sea cucumbers .
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If you pick up a sea cucumber , do so with care, for they have an extravagant way of defending themselves.
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The sea cucumbers are neutrally buoyant, made up almost entirely of water.
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It also made other catches on the islands, including shark fins and sea cucumbers , more attractive.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Add noodles and cucumber to shrimp.
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Add water to barely cover the cucumbers.
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But Paula, dressed in light grey leggings, sweatshirt and a blue denim jacket, looks as cool as a cucumber .
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Chop ¼ red pepper, 2 spring onions, 1 celery stalk, 2 cooked new potatoes, cucumber and 2 mushrooms.
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Chop the dill cucumber thinly and add to the bowl.
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For me, cucumbers make a salad.
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For rabbits, use red pimento for ears, strips of cucumber peel for whiskers and small pieces of olive for eyes.
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In fact, cucumbers are not outstanding in any known vitamin or mineral, either.