keep one's head | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)To remaincalm,reasonable,level-headed, especially in a situation likely to causedistress.1895,Rudyard Kipling,If—:If you cankeep your headwhen all about youAre losing theirs and blaming it on you . . .1910,John Buchan, chapter 16, inPrester John:The ruffiankept his head, and though the dog's teeth were in his shoulder, he managed to get his right hand free.2008March 7, “Mother Throws 7 Kids Out Window To Save Them From Fire”, inCityNews, Canada, retrieved 12 Dec. 2009:Officials are calling the woman a hero forkeeping her headand finding the only way out amid the panic of the smoke and flames.

Examples:

EN: It's better to keep one's head on one's shoulders
ES: Hay que mantener la cabeza sobre los hombros.
EN: To keep one's head in the thick of battle is entirely another.
ES: Para mantener la cabeza de uno mismo en mitad de una batalla es algo completamente distinto.
EN: It's always easy to keep one's head down and follow the crowd.
TE: మీరు బరువును నియంత్రించడానికి మరియు వ్యక్తిని అనుసరించడానికి సులభంగా ఉంటుంది.
EN: It is better to keep one's head down.
TE: - వెన్నునొప్పి ఉన్న వారు తలకింద దిండు లేకుండా చేసుకుంటే మంచిదట.

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