keep one's pants on

Meanings:

• 1.

  USUKinformalcolloquialjocular
  • Used as an admonition to tell someone to be patient, calm down, or not act hastily.
  • To refrain from becoming overly excited or agitated.

• 2.

  Generalneutralliteral
  • Literally, to keep one's trousers on; not to remove one's clothing.