“Cool as a cucumber” and other veggie-inspired comparisons

Laura Young news@greenepublishing.com Without a doubt, this has turned into a cucumber summer. Since we are right now in the middle of the two hottest months of the ye ar, the phrase “cool as a cucumber” comes to mind as I'm growing and eating the bounty in every way. Somehow, the inside of a cucumber stays about 20 degrees cooler than whatever beastly temperature surrounds it. That's why when we say someone is “cool as a cucumber” we mean they stay cool-headed, calm and relaxed in t