couch potato: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    General Englishinformalslang
    • A person who spends a great deal of time sitting or lying on a couch, typically watching television and engaging in little physical activity.

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    • My brother has become such a couch potato over the holidays, barely moving from the sofa.

      My brother has become such a person who spends a lot of time sitting on the couch over the holidays, barely moving.

    • Don’t be a couch potato all weekend; why not join us for a hike instead?

      Don’t spend the whole weekend sitting inactive on the couch; why not join us for a hike instead?

    • I was a total couch potato during the flu, just watching TV and resting all day.

      I was a person who spent all day sitting or lying on the couch watching TV during the flu.

  • 2.

    General Englishinformal
    • Used attributively to describe behavior or activities characteristic of a 'couch potato', i.e. sedentary or inactive.

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    • His couch potato habits have led to weight gain and low energy levels.

      His sedentary, inactive habits have led to weight gain and low energy levels.

    • The report criticized the couch potato lifestyle that many teenagers now lead.

      The report criticized the inactive lifestyle that many teenagers now lead.

    • We should encourage more active hobbies rather than couch potato activities like binge-watching shows.

      We should encourage more active hobbies rather than sedentary activities like binge-watching shows.

Examples:

  • EN: If he wants to be a couch potato, then let him sit there.
    ES: Si quiere ser un soso aburrido, déjale que se siente por ahí.
  • EN: Look, you're going to become the 1st alien couch potato... and I'm not kidding.
    ES: Vas a convertirte en el primer teleadicto extraterrestre... y no estoy bromeando.
  • EN: - You little couch potato!
    ES: eres un chiflado!
  • EN: No more couch potato.
    ES: No seas vago.
  • EN: I've always been more of a couch potato. You can do it.
    ES: - Puedes ganar, eres igual a ellos.
  • EN: We gonna make a couch potato out of you That's what we gonna do now
    ES: Te vamos a convertir en teleadicto Eso es lo que vamos a hacer
  • EN: I'm gonna brainwash every couch potato on this imperfect planet.
    ES: Le lavé el cerebro a todos estos idiotas imperfectos del planeta.
  • EN: You're talking to the original couch potato.
    ES: Estás hablando con un verdadero teleadicto.
  • EN: It's a couch potato's dream.
    ES: Es el sueño de un televidente.
  • EN: Well, um, I get out of it what any couch potato, armchair athlete would in watching his favorite sport.
    ES: Bueno yo... yo saco lo que cualquier... aficionado saca cuando disfruta con su deporte favorito:
  • EN: You can't sit and watch TV all day like a couch potato.
    ES: No puedes pasarte el día viendo la tele.
  • EN: What do you want? My son's a couch potato.
    ES: Mi hijo es un teleadicto.
  • EN: Oh, he's a fuckin' couch potato.
    ES: El es un tarado.
  • EN: Don't be such a couch potato.
    ES: No seas tan vago.
  • EN: Couldn't be just some fat-assed couch potato.
    ES: No podía ser un teleadicto cualquiera.

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