| 单词 | keep your shirt on |
| 释义 | > as lemmaskeep your shirt on (b) Originally U.S. keep your shirt on: used to urge a person not to lose his or her temper, or to remain calm. Compare to keep one's hair on at hair n. Phrases 11.Probably originating in the practice by which men took their shirts off in order to fight with their fists. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > self-possession or self-control > maintain self-control [verb (intransitive)] to keep one's countenance1470 to get above ——1603 to keep one's head1717 keep your shirt on1844 to keep one's hair on1883 to keep one's wool1890 not to bat an eye, eyelid1904 to keep one's pants on1928 to play it cool1955 to keep (also blow, lose) one's cool1964 1844 Ohio Democrat (New Philadelphia) 18 Apr. (headline) Keep your shirts on Feds. 1850 Spirit of Times 12 Jan. 553/3 Thomp. Shell on, old man! More where that came from. Count out! Make haste, or I'll have my note back—(making a demonstration of impatience). Tyson. Well, just keep your shirt on, will you? 1904 W. H. Smith Promoters i. 15 I'll tell you how, if you'll keep your shirt on. 1945 Chambers's Jrnl. Oct. 554/1 Okay, okay—keep your shirt on. Let's see what can be done. 1981 P. Theroux Mosquito Coast xi. 131 ‘Keep your shirt on,’ Father shouted. 2013 M. K. Obison Holy Pagan iii. 22 Keep your shirt on mate. I've told you, this anger of yours will do you in one of these days. < as lemmas |
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