to feel like a potato
- idiom
- Slang
:
sentirse como una papa
- When it rains all weekend, I just feel like a potato and don’t get anything done.
Examples
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She admitted she feels like a potato whenever she skips her morning workout.
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I feel like a potato today.
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After three hours watching TV, I really felt like a potato.
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She always feels like a potato on Mondays.
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After a long week at work, I feel like a potato and just want to relax all weekend.
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I couldn't get anything done today; I really feel like a potato.
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On rainy days, I often feel like a potato, preferring to stay in bed all morning.
Synonyms
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9.1
In a very still way and not responding or thinking
To feel lazy and useless because you failed or did nothing
To be very tired and have no energy
To be very tired and weak after hard effort
Antonyms
How Energetic
Surface Forms
Morphology
The construction 'feel like X' is transparent and signals similarity, but the link between 'potato' and being lazy is a cultural/metaphorical extension (cf. 'couch potato') rather than a literal property of the noun. Because understanding the intended sense requires cultural knowledge or prior exposure to the idiomatic use of 'potato' for laziness, the meaning is partially predictable but not fully derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
The phrase feel like a potato may come from the funny image of a person as a still, round potato sitting on the couch and not moving. That's why saying you feel like a potato means you 'feel lazy' and don't want to do anything.