As cool as a cucumberの意味：冷静そのもの。coldではない

As cool as a cucumberは、非常に落ち着き払っていることです。試験、面接、緊急時など、人が緊張する場面でも冷静な人を表します。くだけたイディオムで、最初のasを省くこともあります。文章ではcalmやcomposedと書けます。

どんな場面でas cool as a cucumberと言いますか？

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be/stay/look + (as) cool as a cucumber

Everyone else was panicking before the interview, but Maria was as cool as a cucumber.
The flight attendants stayed cool as a cucumber when we hit heavy turbulence over the Alps.
He looked as cool as a cucumber on stage, although he later admitted he'd been terrified.

修正前Tom was as cold as a cucumber during his driving test.

修正後Tom was as cool as a cucumber during his driving test.

Coolもcoldも温度を表しますが、この決まった表現はcoolです。ここでは緊張せず冷静という意味になります。人をcoldと呼ぶと冷淡でよそよそしい意味になり、別の性質です。Coldだけをcoolへ直します。

As cool as a cucumberは人の状態や見え方です。落ち着くよう呼びかけたり、冷静さを保つ行為を述べたりするならkeep calmやkeep your coolを使い、Try to keep your cool during the negotiations.と言えます。

When the fire alarm went off in the middle of the exam, our teacher stayed ___ and calmly led everyone outside.

(as cool as a cucumber / as red as a beetroot)

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as cool as a cucumber — 先生は慌てず皆を外へ誘導したのでas cool as a cucumberです。As red as a beetrootは恥ずかしさなどで顔が真っ赤な状態で、この冷静さとは違います。

道路、試験、職場などの難しい場面でも冷静だった人について書いてください。何が起こり、その人がどう行動したかを説明しましょう。

When our car broke down on the motorway at night, my dad stayed as cool as a cucumber and called the breakdown service.

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