keep one's shirt on en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(informal) (Usually in the imperative) Stop being impatient; calm down.
'Okay, okay. Ah'll ketch da cab when he comes back over da Causeway, else at Clearwater. Okay, okay. Keep yo shirt on. Ah ain't done nuthen wrong.'
1954, Ian Fleming, “The Everglades”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 124:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| keeping one's shirt on | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| keeps one's shirt on | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| kept one's shirt on | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| kept one's shirt on | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Translations (1)
da tag det nu roligt (calm down)