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cool as a cucumber
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Calm and composed, self-possessed, as in Despite the mishap Margaret was cool as a cucumber . This idiom may be based on the fact that in hot weather the inside of cucumbers remains cooler than the air. [c. 1600] For a synonym, see cool, calm, and collected .Advertisement
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