cool as a cucumber

cool as a cucumber
*cool as a cucumber
extremely calm; imperturbable. (*Also: as \cool as a cucumber.) •

Joan felt nervous, but she acted as cool as a cucumber.

The politician kept cool as a cucumber throughout the interview with the aggressive journalist.

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{adj. phr.}, {informal} Very calm and brave; not nervous, worried, or anxious; not excited; composed. * /Bill is a good football quarterback, always cool as a cucumber./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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