What does keep your shirt on mean?
Idiom Meaning:
relax
Examples of this Idiom in Movies & TV Shows:
Critters (1986)
Time of Scene:
Charlie McFadden: Keep your shirt on asshole.
The Giant Claw (1957)
Time of Scene:
Mitch MacAfee: Stop leaning on the buzzer. I’m coming.
Captain: Mr. MacAfee.
Mitch MacAfee: Or a reasonable facsimile thereof.
Captain: General Buskirk’s respect, sir. He’d like to see you right away.
Mitch MacAfee: Oh, have a heart, Captain. I got in late last night. I just about fell asleep when you woke me.
Captain: Sorry, sir. The General says it’s urgent.
Mitch MacAfee: So is my sleep!
Captain: My orders are to bring you to the General’s office at once, even if I have to take you into protective custody.
Mitch MacAfee: Okay, Captain. Don’t get in a tizzy. You keep your shirt on and I’ll go get my pants on.
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Star Trek: Enterprise “Broken Bow: Part I” (2001)
Time of Scene:
Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: No doubt Mr. Tucker will reassure me that my equipment will be here tomorrow. “Keep your shirt on, Lieutenant.”
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