Sentences with phrase «as cucumber»

In a professional setting I was cool as a cucumber — well, bidding situations in the six figures were a little panic - inducing — personally, however, I'm pretty sure I literally vibrate with unexpressed displeasure.

Like a rose that wilts with too much heat, these wines taste best when they're as cool as a cucumber.

Look at me and you'd think I was cool as a cucumber (well perhaps not if you saw me sobbing in the street after my farking moodle jumped on my sister's bloke's broken hand, or after I sucked at Methode last week) but geez there's a lot going on: separation, selling the house, searching for a new house, wondering whether to rent or buy, wondering whether to take over my sister's rental (which involves bunking in with her for 10 days) or finding one of my own, new job, new computer system to learn...

You could cook a roast in that kitchen in August and still feel cool as a cucumber!

We'd all love to walk into a job interview cool as a cucumber and wow our interviewer with our natural air of confidence and charisma; however for a lot of us this vision is something of a dream, as the mere thought of an interview brings us out in a cold sweat.

It was a great idea, Llames said, particularly given the quote — a former boss had said she's «as cool as a cucumber in difficult situations and completely put together.»

Balding, pale as cucumber flesh, slack limbed, Sanders nevertheless gave out a sense of compressed aggressive energy, as if within him there was a loaded matrushka or a grenade with the pin about to fall out.

Basking in the double glow of the copious lighting and the bright sunlight shining into the «computer centre greenhouse» today, Ludwig was cool as a cucumber.

Not as much as a cucumber, but still a lot, and all this water in your body absorbs all this invisible heat from the Sun and you get hotter and hotter and hotter because it's cooking you from the inside out.

Lloyd is a cool as a cucumber merc.

Sadly, Jax is about as exciting as a cucumber sandwich with the crusts cut off.

Natural stone features are offset by soft white walls and subtle lighting throughout to create a clean modern look while polished stone floors and air conditioning keep you cool as a cucumber when the temperature starts to rise.

I was with two super lovely British people at the time, Craig and his mum Liz and Liz was cool as a a cucumber.

Even though he looked rough and had some health issues to overcome, he was cool as a cucumber through it all.

McMillan says that frightening a cat even with something as harmless as a cucumber could lead to serious injury as the cat's «reflex fear reaction is very forceful and the cat could crash into furniture or land on something injurious.»

There is nothing like someone's loud theatrics to make me cool as a cucumber.

Ride is as cool as a cucumber.

Despite its performance capabilities, the Mustang was cool as a cucumber on the highway.

But the truth is I'm cool as a cucumber in this sudden storm, and it has nothing to do with the dry desert air in the canyon passes above Palm Springs.

Lloyd is a cool as a cucumber merc.

That last phone call introduces us to steel - nerved veteran Jordan, wise and cool as a cucumber, she tries her best to ensure the victim's safety.

Lockhart is shrewd and cool as a cucumber as he works towards finding his revenge, and it's a vengeance that won't be denied.

Cool as a cucumber.

Even though the stress level was high and the pressure intense, Marissa stayed cool as a cucumber with laser sharp focus.

Cool and crisp as a cucumber!!

This dress is perfect, as is the hair, necklace, everything (I feel like George in My Best Friend's Wedding — «Love, the bag, love the shoes, love everything...») Also, Judith Light was cool as a cucumber in her ivory tux (wish I wish was less wrinkled but I dig the concept for a «woman of a certain age».

I will be humble and cool as cucumber on my own.

Once the doorbell rang, though, I was all smiles and as cool as a cucumber.

I think that day it was like 90 + degrees and I felt as cool as a cucumber in this outfit.

Cool as a cucumber banana?

In general though, lots of water based veggies such as cucumber, celery, leafy greens with anything high in beta - carotene (like carrots) are excellent for skin.

It is produced naturally in the body and is found naturally in food such as cucumber and squash.

I'm also wondering if I have to limit the amount of vegetables (such as cucumber) on the diet per sitting and if blackcurrant jam (in 1 tbl portion) is permissible?

I'm back to my old self of being cool as a cucumber.

Over the course of two years I made additional changes to my diet and supplement regimen, and now I'm the old me once again, cool as a cucumber I won't get started on the diet issue in relation to mood today (I would be here all night) but will talk more about it in future posts.

Try digging in with raw vegetables such as cucumber, broccoli and carrots to keep calories down and provides complex carbohydrates that also aid in deep sleep.

Pick some water - rich vegetables, such as cucumber or celery, or some sweet tube veggies, such as beets or carrots.

But you can get flavor in a less acidic form by adding a slice of lemon or lime (or other fruits, vegetables or herbs, such as cucumber, mint or basil) to plain sparkling water.

It can be as simple as a cucumber juice or perhaps some kale with pineapple.

You know, everything is blah — your typical cool as a cucumber disposition can't believe that guy...

Crops such as cucumber, watermelon, squash and cantaloupe are affected by the fungi Pseudoperonospora humuli and Pseudoperonospora cubensis, both which produce the downy mildew disease.

He is cool as a cucumber.

How would you respond to being booed?I would look to the greats, such as good «ole Dubya; cool as a cucumber as that pair of size eights swished past his head.

I hope one day to be cool as a cucumber.

Zucchini resembles a cucumber and is green as a cucumber is.

He is a very good defender and in the final third he's as cool as a cucumber.

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Damn that lad was calm as cucumber on his debut against Wolfsburg.

Conte looks cool as a cucumber, haven't seen him rattled once when speaking, Wenger might have met his oratorical match here.

This salad should be prepared just prior to serving, as the cucumber release a lot of liquid if allowed to stand any length of time.