couch potato
A person who spends a lot of time sitting or lying down, often watching television,…A person who spends a lot of time sitting or lying down, often watching television, eating snacks or drinking alcohol.
» Don't let your children become couch potatoes.
Не дозволь своїм дітям стати лежебоками.
Meaning
1 senses(derogatory, idiomatic)A person who spends a lot of time sitting or lying down, often watching television, eating snacks or drinking alcohol.
Being a couch potato won't let you help achieve your goals.
Bah! What lesson can a couch potato father teach his kids!
Nichtstuer, Stubenhocker, Couchpotato
лежебо́каležebóka, си́деньsídenʹ, лентя́йlentjáj
an idler who spends much time on a couch (usually watching television)
Examples
15 sentencesDon't let your children become couch potatoes.
Не дозволь своїм дітям стати лежебоками. — deniko
Don't be such a couch potato.
ruНе будь таким лежебокой. — sharptoothed
A couch potato is something that I don't want to be.
ruЛежебока - это тот, кем я не хочу быть. — odexed
deIch möchte keine "Couch-Potato" sein. — Manfredo
Don't be a couch potato.
ruНе будь лежебокой. — sharptoothed
deSei kein Bewegungsmuffel! — Adelpa
You're such a couch potato.
ruТы такой лежебока. — marafon
deDu bist so ein Stubenhocker! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
6 languagesOrigin
From couch + potato; coined by Tom Iacino in 1976 as a pun on boob tuber (from boob tube (From couch + potato; coined by Tom Iacino in 1976 as a pun on boob tuber (from boob tube (“television”) and tuber (“potato”)); trademarked by Robert Armstrong from 1976–91.
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Forms
plural: couch potatoes| Singular | couch potato |
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