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  • 91couch potato —    A couch potato is an extremely idle or lazy person who chooses to spend most of their leisure time horizontal in front of the TV and eats a diet that is mainly junk food.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If you refer to someone as a… …

    English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • 92couch potato — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms couch potato : singular couch potato plural couch potatoes informal showing disapproval someone who spends a lot of time sitting at home watching television …

    English dictionary

  • 93Couch-Potato — D✓Couch Po|ta|to, Couch|po|ta|to [ kau̮tʃ̮pote:to ], der; [s], [e]s und die; , [e]s <englisch> (jemand, der am liebsten fernsehend auf der Couch sitzt) …

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  • 94Couch — die Couch, s (Grundstufe) ein Möbelstück mit Armlehnen, das für mehrere Personen bestimmt ist und auf dem man sitzen oder liegen kann Synonym: Sofa Beispiel: Er hat sich auf der Couch breit gemacht. Kollokation: auf der Couch sitzen …

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  • 95couch-doctor — AND couch turkey n. a psychiatrist; a psychoanalyst. □ Some couch doctor told her to go out and find a lover. □ I finally walked out on my couch turkey. Now I’m getting it all together …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 96couch — 1. n. & v. n. 1 an upholstered piece of furniture for several people; a sofa. 2 a long padded seat with a headrest at one end, esp. one on which a psychiatrist s or doctor s patient reclines during examination. v. 1 tr. (foll. by in) express in… …

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  • 97couch case — {n.}, {slang}, {informal} 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./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 98couch doctor — {n.}, {slang}, {colloquial} A psychoanalyst who puts his patients on a couch following the practice established by Sigmund Freud. * /I didn t know your husband was a couch doctor, I thought he was a gynecologist!/ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 99couch case — {n.}, {slang}, {informal} 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./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 100couch doctor — {n.}, {slang}, {colloquial} A psychoanalyst who puts his patients on a couch following the practice established by Sigmund Freud. * /I didn t know your husband was a couch doctor, I thought he was a gynecologist!/ …

    Dictionary of American idioms