COOL AS A CUCUMBER

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COOL AS A CUCUMBER

Specialty Definition: COOL AS A CUCUMBER

Domain	Definition
Literature	Cool as a Cucumber Perfectly composed; neither angry nor agitated in the least. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Synonyms within Context: COOL AS A CUCUMBER

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Cold	Cold as a stone, cold as marble, cold as lead, cold as iron, cold as a frog, cold as charity, cold as Christmas; cool as a cucumber, cool as custard.
Excitability	Easy-going, peaceful, placid, calm; quiet as a mouse; tranquil, serene; cool as a cucumber, cool as a custard; undemonstrative.
Indifference	Adjective: indifferent, cold, frigid, lukewarm; cool, cool as a cucumber; unconcerned, insouciant, phlegmatic, pococurante, easygoing, devil-may-care, careless, listless, lackadaisical; half-hearted; unambitious, unaspiring, undesirous, unsolicitous, unattracted.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Commercial Usage: COOL AS A CUCUMBER

Domain	Title
Books	Cool As a Cucumber, Hot As a Pepper : Fruit Vegetables (Plants We Eat) (reference) (more book examples)
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Expression: COOL AS A CUCUMBER

Expression using "COOL AS A CUCUMBER": as cool as a cucumber. Additional references.
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Modern Translation: COOL AS A CUCUMBER

Language		Translations for "COOL AS A CUCUMBER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		seelenruhig (as cool as a cucumber, as cool as you please, calmly, nerveless, phlegmatic, placid), die Ruhe selbst sein (as cool as a cucumber, be unflappable). (various references)

Greek		εντελώσ ατάραχοσ (as cool as a cucumber). (various references)

Hungarian		csigavérű, rendíthetetlen nyugalmú (unflappable). (various references)

Pig Latin		oolcay asay aay ucumbercay

Swedish		lugn som en filbunke (as cool as a cucumber). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: COOL AS A CUCUMBER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-c-c-e-l-m-o-o-r-s-u-u"
	-5 letters: calcareous, macroscale.
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INDEX

1. Usage: Commercial
2. Expressions
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams

5. Bibliography

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