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As calm as a cucumber

He’s been as calm as a cucumber.

Tammy Reid, of her husband Andy, coach of Kansas City Chiefs following Super Bowl LIV win

A Mixed Idiom made up from

  1. Cool as a cucumber, and
  2. Calm (perhaps “Calm before the storm“)

Source of this Mixed Idiom

  1. First recorded in 2012 – uttered by Jenny.
  2. Uttered again after the Superbowl in 2020 by Tammy Reid during the post-match discussion. This was reported by Keith, USA.


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