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Aug 02nd 2012 12:12
It sounds funny. Couch potato. Do you use it in your daily life? I learn a new idiom. Is it mean to be lazy? There is no explanation, where I learn this phrase.

It's example- "I should be more active and less of a couch potato."

Don't be a couch potato. ( is it right??)
Jesi
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Aug 02nd 2012 12:29
  • I learn a new idiom.

  • I learned a new idiom.

 
  • Is it mean to be lazy?

  • Is Does it mean to be lazy?

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  • There is no explanation, where I learn this phrase.

  • There is no explanation, where I learned this phrase.

 
It is a weird phrase, isn't it? It basically means a lazy person, like someone who sits on the couch all day.
Aug 02nd 2012 12:41 Monica
Ah, got it.
Yes, it seems like that. Haha.
Thanks! :-)
Objection
Aug 02nd 2012 12:41
The classic image of a couch potato is an overweight man in his forties with a bag of potato chips in one hand and a beer in the other, who does nothing but sit on the couch and watch football all day while the wife cleans and the kids play by themselves.

Search "couch potato" on Google Images and you'll see. :P
Aug 02nd 2012 12:46 Monica
Haha..
That's so funny. You were right. All images are so funny.
Can you please tell me it is a British idiom or American?
Why is your name objection? :p

Thanks!!
Aug 02nd 2012 13:10 Objection
We Americans use it, and the British probably do too.

One of my favorite video games is Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. One of the most memorable things about the game is the way Phoenix screams "OBJECTION!!" at the prosecution. Again, search "objection" on Google Images and you'll see :P
Aug 02nd 2012 13:43 Monica
Lol, yes!
I also can see yours one. I don't play video games, now. I used to play angry bird on FB. :-)
Aug 02nd 2012 13:54 Monica
I watched a video on you tube. It is related to Law. I will do L.L.B next year, then I will say "I Object your honor." :p
Aug 02nd 2012 14:31 Objection
Right. "Attorney" and "lawyer" are pretty interchangeable.

Studying law always seemed very hard to me, so I have a lot of respect for those who stuck with it and graduated. Good luck!
Aug 02nd 2012 16:27 Monica
I saw on your profile that you are learning Japanese. This is a very hard language, good luck with your studies. :-)
Aug 02nd 2012 17:12 Objection
Yeah, it can be hard, but I don't think it's as hard as English! lol
Aug 02nd 2012 17:50 Monica
I tried to learn Japanese for one month. It's too hard. Sometimes I found Japanese like Hindi. its A, E, O, I, Sounds like our Hindi. Sometimes English is very complicated, but it's our second language, I hope you know our British India history. :p
Arigatou! :D
Larry
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Aug 02nd 2012 13:56
  • I learn a new idiom.

  • I learned a new idiom.

 
  • Is it mean to be lazy?

  • Does it mean to be lazy?

 
  • There is no explanation, where I learn this phrase.

  • There is no explanation, where I learned this phrase.

 
Yup~~.

I have to be though because I can't seem to sleep at night.
Aug 02nd 2012 16:28 Monica
Thank to so much!
Ha!
Don't be lazy. :p
Aug 02nd 2012 16:35 Larry
You're welcome~~!

But I don't get any sleep at night haha ; v ;~~!
Aug 02nd 2012 17:52 Monica
Same here. :D
Aug 02nd 2012 18:12 Larry
Oo~ We can be night owls then w u w. Hoot.
Aug 02nd 2012 20:00 Monica
Haha.. I love owls. <3
Aug 02nd 2012 22:04 Larry
I love owls too~~! Up north, there are owls that live in the ground and pop out of the ground--how cute~!
Aug 03rd 2012 18:37 Monica
Wow!
Really, so cute!
Aug 03rd 2012 22:34 Larry
Yessss w u w~~! What are owls like in India?
Aug 04th 2012 09:38 Monica
Indians don't like owls. They think it's a sign of evil. I like owls, so they think I am crazy. Indian owls look like very short and brown color with big eyes. :-)
Aug 14th 2012 05:26 Larry
Aw~~!

And really? Interesting! Here, we have a myth that black cats are evil, but no one believes it anymore haha;;.
markbellis
Thank you for your correction!
Aug 02nd 2012 20:25
  • There is no explanation, where I learn this phrase.

  • There was no explanation where I learned this phrase.

    no comma before the 'linking' word - I think THAT I will go, I bought a newspaper WHERE I shop.

 
  • It's example- "I should be more active and less of a couch potato."

  • For example, "I should be more active and less of a couch potato."

 
Yes, Good!
Aug 02nd 2012 20:32 Monica
Thanks!
Aug 02nd 2012 20:37 markbellis
You're studying law? Good! I know something about law so I could be helpful.
Aug 02nd 2012 20:40 Monica
Yes, I will do next year.
We live in different countries. Our laws are different. Right??
Aug 02nd 2012 20:46 markbellis
No, actually! Both of our legal systems are derived from English law.
Aug 02nd 2012 20:49 Monica
Wow! How?
Aug 02nd 2012 21:26 markbellis
India was a colony of the UK as was Canada (and the United States and most of the other Commonwealth), so the administration used the same system as in England.
Aug 02nd 2012 21:28 markbellis
English common does take account of "precedent" so you still had Hindu and Muslim family laws under the Raj.
Tom
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Aug 04th 2012 01:45
  • There is no explanation, where I learn this phrase.

  • There is was no explanation, where I learn found this phrase.

 
  • It's example- "I should be more active and less of a couch potato."

  • It's There was this example- "I should be more active and less of a couch potato."

 
  • ( is it right??)

  • (is it right??)

 
Others have explained that the phrase "couch potato" means or refers to a lazy, idle person. I'm old, so I can tell you where the phrase came from.

The phrase "couch potato" originated from the development of TV, believe it or not. One consequence of television, especially when sports games began to be shown on TV (American football/baseball), was the habit of lying on a couch to watch the game, which could last for hours. This inactivity was sometimes accompanied by drinking beer and eating chips (potato chips, not french fries or English "chips") or nuts.

This inactivity finally became described as being a "couch potato." One can easily understand the "couch" part, but the "potato" part is a mystery to me. I tmight refer tot he fact a potato is an idle lump.

It is a currently-used idiom familiar to all English speakers. I believe it originated in The States, but I think it's used world-wide.
Aug 04th 2012 09:40 Monica
Wow, you know everything. :-)
Thank you so much!
Aug 04th 2012 09:50 Tom
That's what happens when you get old! I love to speak with "old" people, that is, those who are over 80. They have a lot of insight, and can recall historical moments as if they happened yesterday.

Myself, I recall some things others consider ancient as if they had just happened. Those memories most often leave me smiling, if not shaking my head in disbelief.

If a person is over 100 they will recall a time before airplanes, fast trains, automobiles, the wars, etc.
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