keep one's hair on

Meaning: (idiomatic,British,Ireland,colloquial)To staycalm; to bepatient; tocalm down.All right, all right, justkeep your hair on, mate.1901,Louis Couperus, translated byAlexander Teixeira de Mattos,Small Souls:“Oh, nothing, nothing!”“Yes, there’s something. I mean to know!”“Keep your hair on; it’s nothing.”“Out with it!” cried Addie, scarlet with rage.And he flew at Jaap’s throat.1965[Chatto & Windus],Margery Allingham,The Mind Readers, 2016,Penguin Random House(Vintage),page 138,‘Keep your hair on, I don't see any crime.[…]’2014, Melvin Rea,The Island They Towed Away,AuthorHouse,page233:“Sorry old chap—keep your hair on—but surely you knew just about everyone was siphoning off the odd bit, here and there?”

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