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cool as a cucumber
Very calm and brave; not nervous, worried, or anxious; not excited; composed.
Очень спокойный и уверенный; не нервничающий, не беспокоящийся; владеющий собой.
Bill is a good football quarterback, always cool as a cucumber.
He is always as cool as a cucumber and never worries about anything.
Он всегда спокойный и никогда не волнуется ни о чем.
She shouted at her husband but he was as cool as a cucumber.
Она кричала на своего мужа, но он был совершенно невозмутим.
cop a feel
To attempt to arouse sexually by manual contact, usually by surprise.
John talks big for a 16 year old, but all he's ever done is cop a feel in a dark movie theater.
cop a plea
To plead guilty during a trial in the hope of getting a lighter sentence as a result.
The murderer of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., copped a plea of guilty, and got away with a life sentence instead of the death penalty.
copy cat
copycat
Someone who copies another person's work or manner. Usually used by children or when speaking to children.
Человек, который копирует работу или манеры другого человека. Как правило используется детьми или при разговоре с детьми.
He called me a copy cat just because my new shoes look like his.
He is not original. He is a copy cat.
Он неоригинальный. Он подражает.
The children called the girl a copy cat when they saw her copying the test of another student.
Дети назвали девочку подражательницей, когда увидели, что она списывает тест у другого ученика.
corn ball
A superficially sentimental movie or musical in which the word "love" is mentioned too often; a theatrical performance that is trivially sentimental.
That movie last night was a corn ball.
A person who behaves in a superficially sentimental manner or likes performances portraying such behavior.
Suzie can't stand Joe; she thinks he's a corn ball.
cost a bomb
cost an arm and a leg
To be extremely expensive.
Быть очень дорогостоящим.
My new house has cost us an arm and a leg and we're almost broke.
The house cost us an arm and a leg, but we have no regrets.
Этот дом стоил целое состояние, но мы не жалеем о покупке.
These shoes cost me an arm and a leg but they are awesome.
Эти туфли мне в копеечку влетели, но они потрясающие.
couch case
A person judged emotionally so disturbed that people think he ought to see a psychiatrist (who, habitually, make their patients lie down on a couch).
Joe's divorce messed him up so badly that he became a couch case.
couch potato
A person who is addicted to watching television all day.
Poor Ted has become such a couch potato that we can't persuade him to do anything.