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stiff upper lipThe quality of being resolute and showing self-restraint, associated with stereotypical British people.Rate it:

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go apeshitTo behave in an extreme manner; to act without restraint, especially by becoming explosively angry.Rate it:

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go moggyTo go without restraint; to go wild; to be adventurous.Rate it:

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go to the mattressesTo go to war; to use ruthless tactics; to act without restraint.Rate it:

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in spadesTo excess, a lot, considerably; without restraint.Rate it:

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jeter son bonnet par dessus les moulins (of women)To throw off all restraint; Not to care a straw for what people may think of your bad conduct.Rate it:

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kick over the tracesTo throw off all restraint.Rate it:

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let oneself goto relax and enjoy oneself without restraint.Rate it:

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pull in one's hornsTo become less impassioned, aggressive, or argumentative; to exercise restraint; to yield or capitulate.Rate it:

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vous lui tenez la bride trop hauteYou keep him too much under restraint.Rate it:

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