{"id":138846,"date":"2017-03-31T15:42:33","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T15:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-1404196-5286123.cloudwaysapps.com\/pakistan\/study-guide\/ielts-idiom-couch-potato\/"},"modified":"2017-03-31T15:42:33","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T15:42:33","slug":"ielts-idiom-couch-potato","status":"publish","type":"gsi_study_guides","link":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/study-in-uk\/study-guides\/ielts-idiom-couch-potato\/","title":{"rendered":"IELTS idiom of the week: Couch Potato"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h2>Idiom: Couch potato<\/h2>\n<p>An inactive and usually overweight person who spends a lot of time watching TV. The origin comes from potatoes: unattractive lumps that grow larger while not moving.<\/p>\n<h3>Couch potato idiom example<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A:<\/strong>\u00a0Come on, let\u2019s go to the shops.<\/li>\n<li><strong>B:<\/strong>\u00a0No, I don\u2019t feel like it. I\u2019ll just stay here.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A:<\/strong>\u00a0Oh come on. You haven\u2019t moved from the sofa all day, you\u2019re becoming a real couch potato.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Couch potato\u00a0IELTS example<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Question:<\/strong>\u00a0Do you do anything to stay in shape?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Answer:<\/strong>\u00a0Not really. I play football with my friends sometimes, but I prefer to stay in. I\u2019m a bit of a couch potato I suppose.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Study IELTS in London or Manchester<\/h2>\n<p>Do you want to improve your English and study cheap and flexible part-time IELTS classes in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/study-in-uk\/language-prep\/ielts\/\">London<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/study-in-uk\/language-prep\/ielts\/\">Manchester<\/a>? Visit our Language Centre today to learn more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"study-guide-destinations":[127],"study-guide-canada-categories":[],"study-guide-australia-categories":[],"study-guide-usa-categories":[],"study-guide-uk-categories":[1600],"study-guide-nz-categories":[],"study-guide-ireland-categories":[],"class_list":["post-138846","gsi_study_guides","type-gsi_study_guides","status-publish","hentry","study-guide-destinations-study-in-uk","study-guide-uk-categories-ielts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gsi_study_guides\/138846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gsi_study_guides"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gsi_study_guides"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"study-guide-destinations","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-destinations?post=138846"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-canada-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-canada-categories?post=138846"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-australia-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-australia-categories?post=138846"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-usa-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-usa-categories?post=138846"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-uk-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-uk-categories?post=138846"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-nz-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-nz-categories?post=138846"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-ireland-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/pakistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-ireland-categories?post=138846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}