a couch potato
/ə ˈkaʊtʃ pəˌteɪtəʊ/INFORMAL · B2
Meaning
a person who watches a lot of TV and rarely exercises
Examples
- 1My brother became a couch potato when he started working from home.
- 2Join us for a bike ride on Sunday instead of being a couch potato again.
- 3Jack spends every evening watching TV with a bag of crisps — he's such a couch potato.
- 4Since getting a games console, my son has become a couch potato who never goes outside.
- 5The doctor told Dad to stop being a couch potato and start walking every day.
Grammar
Countable noun: a couch potato, plural couch potatoes. Disapproving, often used jokingly about yourself.
Similar in meaning
More idioms about health
All 20 idioms and the topic quiz →burn the candle at both endsto get too little rest by being busy from early morning until late at nightkick the habitto stop doing something harmful you have done for a long timego under the knifeto have a medical operationfull of beanslively and very energeticas right as raincompletely well again after an illnessa frog in your throatdifficulty speaking for a moment because your voice is hoarse
English Idioms400 idioms in 20 topics — with reviews that keep them from fading
Here you get a couple of questions. The app gives you 16 practice modes, native equivalents and spaced repetition that tells you when it’s time to refresh.
