🗓️ Idiom: A Couch Potato (noun)
💬 Meaning
- A person who is lazy and inactive, often spending a lot of time sitting and doing nothing productive.
- Someone who avoids work or physical activity, typically wasting time.
🧠 Example Sentences
- Don’t be a couch potato—get up and start contributing to the project.
- He became a couch potato over the holidays, and now he’s struggling to catch up at work.
- Employers prefer motivated team members rather than couch potatoes who avoid responsibility.
🏛️ Origin
The term “couch potato” first appeared in the United States in the late 1970s. It combines couch, symbolizing sitting or laziness, with potato, humorously referring to a person who is inactive and immobile. It quickly became a popular expression for laziness or inactivity.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
He spent the entire weekend on the sofa, acting like a ___________.
Answer
couch potato
2. Choose the correct option:
A “couch potato” is someone who:
a) Works extra hours
b) Is very active
c) Is lazy and inactive
Answer
c) Is lazy and inactive
3. Change the sentence using “couch potato”:
“She spends all day watching TV and avoids doing her assignments.”
Answer
She’s spends all day being a couch potato and avoids doing her assignments.
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