as cool as a cucumber

(adjective) relaxed and confident

Example Sentence:

On my first day of school, I was so nervous about everything. My friend was as cool as a cucumber!

She was as cool as a cucumber before her presentation because she was well-prepared.

Media:

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Similar idioms:

  1. calm, cool and collected
  2. at a crossroads
  3. basket case
  4. by leaps and bounds
  5. all nighter
  6. a hill of beans
  7. a picture paints a thousand words
  8. back seat driver
  9. bark up the wrong tree

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