American Idioms and Expressions

Keep Your Hair On Idiom

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Keep your hair on
What does Keep your hair on mean?
Keep your hair on is advice telling someone to keep calm and not to over-react or get angry.

Some Random Idioms
go by the book
What does "go by the book" mean?
follow the rules exactlyThe court clerks always go by the book when they are dealing with court matters.
for keeps
What does "for keeps" mean?
always, forever I told the boy that he could have the baseball bat for keeps.

stop at nothing
What does "stop at nothing" mean?
to do everything possible to accomplish somethingMy friend will stop at nothing to get what she wants.
binge and purge
What does "binge and purge" mean?
to overeat and then to vomitThe young woman had eating problems and she would often binge and purge her food.
cut class
What does "cut class" mean?
to not go to class I cut class last week and went to a movie.

turn (someone`s) stomach
What does "turn (someone`s) stomach " mean?
to make someone feel sick, to disgust someone The sight of the dead dog on the road turned my stomach.

common ground
What does "common ground" mean?
shared beliefs or interestsThere was no common ground between the two sides and the negotiations did not go well.

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