couch potato
Example Sentences
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“This was a shark that was once thought to be a sedentary couch potato of a shark. It turns out they are much more active.”
From Seattle Times
Despite their speed, which can reach 45 miles per hour, greyhounds are “couch potatoes” who sleep most of the day and can adapt to apartment life, the website said.
From Los Angeles Times
“The couch potatoes use more energy than when they are out at a Christmas market.”
From Seattle Times
If you answered yes to both questions, then you meet the definition of what scientists call “an active couch potato.”
From Washington Post
It never got a Comic-Con panel or an Entertainment Weekly cover, for example, which says nothing about its merit or quality but a lot about the average couch potato's passion for classic British mysteries.
From Salon
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