American Idioms and Expressions

Keep Your Cool Idiom

This database is a comprehensive collection of all the American idioms and slang available. American Idioms are many and varied. We hope you enjoy our collection. We are adding more all the time. .

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Keep your cool
What does Keep your cool mean?
If you keep your cool, you don't get excessively excited or disturbed in a bad situation.

Some Random Idioms
lightning never strikes twice (in the same place)
What does "lightning never strikes twice (in the same place)" mean?
the same type of misfortune does not occur twice to the same personLightning never strikes twice and I do not think that our house will be flooded again.
come out of the closet
What does "come out of the closet" mean?
to reveal one's secret interests, to reveal that one is gayNobody was surprised when my cousin came out of the closet.
work up
What does "work up" mean?
stir up, exciteHe really likes to work up a sweat when he does his exercises.
bitch
What does "bitch" mean?
unpleasant, rude, or irritating woman. She is such a bitch, always whining and insulting my friends.
go
What does "go" mean?
an attempt; a try
bang one's head against the wall
What does "bang one's head against the wall" mean?
to try to do something that is hopeless I am banging my head against the wall when I try to ask my boss for something.

make (someone's) head spin/swim
What does "make (someone's) head spin/swim" mean?
to confuse or overwhelm someone, to make someone dizzyThe speed of the day's events made my head spin.
dick
What does "dick" mean?
detective

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