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keep your shirt on

An admonition to be more patient or to calm down.
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Submitted on September 01, 2009

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Keep Your Shirt OnTo remain patient and cool, not to get angry and enraged and to control one’s tempered
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keep your britches on!Kick Up Your Heellay your cards on the tableknock the wind out of your sailslook down one's shirtLay Your Cards on the TableKeep Your Head above Waterkeep your feet on the groundKeep Your Ear to the GroundLook Down Your Nose at SomeoneKeep Up With the Jonesesknow what side of the bread your butter…keep your heads down!lose one's shirt

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