大家都知道
Cool是冷
Cucumber是黄瓜
那你知道
“As cool as a cucumber”
是什么意思吗?
“像黄瓜一样冷”?
当然不是!
那是什么意思呢?
一起学习一下吧。
As cool as a cucumber ≠ 像黄瓜一样冷
其实，“As cool as a cucumber”是美国人经常使用的一个习惯用语，意思是指：当一个人碰到困难和麻烦时很冷静、很放松。
例句：
Mike was as cool as a cucumber.
迈克非常冷静。
She was as cool as a cucumber before the interview.
她在面试之前表现得非常冷静。
In spite of the mess-up, she stays as cool as a cucumber.
尽管事情一团糟，她还是表现得镇定自若。
“保持冷静”还可以用英语怎么说?
“保持冷静”还可以用英语怎样表达呢?常用的有：Keep one's cool或者Keep calm。
Our manager always manages to keep his cool when dealing with the kind of rude.
我们经理在对待粗鲁的人时总是能保持冷静。
Try to keep calm and just tell me what happened.
试着保持冷静，告诉我发生了什么。
I kept telling myself to keep calm.
我不断叮嘱自己要保持冷静。
Sea cucumber ≠ 海里的黄瓜
其实，“Sea cucumber”的意思是指：海参。意不意外?
I especially like Sea cucumber.
我特别喜欢吃海参。