couch potato
- noun
- C1
- less common
A person who spends most of their free time sitting in front of the television and almost never moves or exercises.
My brother has become a real couch potato since he retired.
A winter as a couch potato left me completely out of shape.
Doctors say couch potatoes are more likely to develop heart problems.
She admits she is a couch potato and is proud of it.
Common collocations: a real couch potato · become a couch potato · turn into a couch potato · a bit of a couch potato · couch potato lifestyle
Part of: Personality, Film and television, Exercise and fitness
Forms
- plural
- couch potatoes