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couch potato

NOUN
  1. an idler who spends much time on a couch (usually watching television)

How To Use couch potato In A Sentence

  • You'll definitely be in better shape than a beer-swilling, channel-surfing couch potato, but you won't be very fit.
  • It makes its point, calls for a revolution of the couch potatoes, and leaves it up to the viewer to work out how it all fits together.
  • The term couch potato could soon become obsolete as Britons switch to watching television at their desks and even on the move. Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph
  • No more nonstop basketball for couch potato Congressional staff members.
  • The instant snack was once the food of choice for students and couch potatoes. The Sun
  • When an expensive fad that was supposed to transform the life of the couch potato fails, a little something in us comes alive. Times, Sunday Times
  • For years now, the potato has had a bad press, so much so that the phrase "couch potato" is now synonymous with lumpen slobs who never get off the sofa. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
  • You are a participant, not a couch potato. Times, Sunday Times
  • Before Althea Gibson punctured the color barrier of women's tennis 52 years ago, the sport was a genteel game played with the tempo of a minuet and the athleticism of couch potatoes.
  • The team indicated fidgeters burn off the calories, while couch potatoes can pile on the pounds.
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