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DebinHawaii
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#IdiomInsight

When people say, “I‘m #CoolAsACucumber they‘re letting you know they‘re calm, composed, & unbothered, even if a situation is stressful. An early mention of the idiom was in British poet John Gay‘s poem “New Song on New Similies” in 1732: “Cool as a cucumber could see the rest of womankind.” The phrase quickly gained popularity throughout the 1730s-40s & has been in use ever since.

I‘m going with a cooling cucumber sorbet from the⬇️

DebinHawaii …tagged cookbook I reviewed 10 years ago. It makes a nice appetizer. Here‘s a link to the recipe post: https://kahakaikitchen.blogspot.com/2010/04/cookbook-review-mediterranean-diabet... (edited) 1y
Eggs Sounds enticing 🥒 1y
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dabbe
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Eggs 💚🥒🐶 1y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Cute!! ❤️ 1y
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dabbe @Eggs 🧡💜💛 1y
AnnCrystal Love 😘 Snoopy 💕❤️. 1y
ChelseaM6010 💜❤️ 1y
dabbe @AnnCrystal #metoo 🧡💜💛 1y
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GatheringBooks
Letters to Poseidon | Cees Nooteboom
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#IdiomInsight Day 20: This does look #CoolAsACucumber with mango ice cream, buko pandan, and ginger ice cream too! And yes, they all taste delish. 🍨

Eggs Perfect 🥭💚🍨 1y
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TheBookgeekFrau
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Eggs Yes👏🏻🥒🤗 1y
TheBookgeekFrau @Eggs First person to come to mind 😁 1y
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JuliaTheBookNerd
This Little Light of Mine | Kathleen Long Bostrom
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I had to go with Larry the cucumber for todays prompt 🥒

#CoolAsACucumber 🥒💚 #IdiomInsight 🍁🍂

#BookNerd 🤓💙📚

Eggs 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 1y
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Kshakal
Cool as a Cucumber | Sally Smallwood
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Eggs 💚🥒💚 1y
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IndoorDame
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#CoolAsACucumber A couple of Ritz Carlton Spa Rubber Duckies chilaxing by the pool after their facials. #IdiomInsight @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Eggs 💛 🦆 💛 1y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag Oh! I love them 😍 1y
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 1y
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TheSpineView
The Remains of the Day | Kazuo Ishiguro
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#IdiomInsight @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
#CoolAsACucumber

Stevens is cool as a cucumber. Unfortunately, it ends up costing him so much.

KadaGul @TheSpineView books📚 like these remind me #Franz Kafka's #Metamorphosis. 1y
Eggs Brilliant choice 💚🥒💚 1y
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ChelseaM6010
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#IdiomInsight
Day 20. Cool as a Cucumber
#CoolAsACucumber

Eggs Excellent ♟️ 1y
ChelseaM6010 @Eggs 🙂♟️ 1y
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Eggs
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Lisbeth Salander is fierce, independent, fearless, cunning, intimidating and through it all, keeps her COOL

#CoolAsACucumber 💚🥒💚

#IdiomInsight

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect choice ❤️ 1y
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