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"Cucumber time" is the season, where news paper doesn't have anything to report on than cucumbers. http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-cuc2.htm http://
by soegaard 4y ago
"Cucumber time" is the season, where news paper doesn't have anything to report on than cucumbers.
http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-cuc2.htm http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-cuc2.htm
https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agurketid https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agurketid
- severine 4y agoOther examples would be, according to Wikipedia, "silly season" in english, "serpiente de verano" (summer snake) in spanish, "Sommerloch" in german, and a bunch of others. Very common phenomenon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silly_season https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silly_season
- LeonM 4y agoIn Dutch it is "komkommertijd" [0], which also literally translates to "cucumber time". It has the exact same meaning. [0] https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komkommertijd https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komkommertijd