to cucumber 

To honor someone greatly

To cucumber someone is not an easy feat

to cucumber by Meduza June 21, 2017

to throw the cucumber

To be unhappy, disgruntled or gypped at one's situation, particulary where someone else is getting a better deal than you, ie they get a grape and you only get a cucumber.

'What a rip off! I'm totally going to throw the cucumber on this one…'

to throw the cucumber by avalanche3 November 29, 2012