cool your jets
Slow down, hotheads
Cool your jets is an informal command to calm down or be patient, especially when someone is getting worked up or impatient: Cool your jets, the food will be ready in five minutes.
The phrase evokes powerful engines that need throttling back.
It carries a slightly dismissive tone, suggesting the person's agitation is excessive or premature.
- calm downBecome less agitated
- relaxBecome less tense
- chill outBecome calm and relaxed
- simmer downBecome less agitated
- take it easyAdvice to relax
take a breather · slow down · breathe · deep breath · patience · temper · hotheaded · impatient · agitated · worked up · flustered · settle down · whoa · pump the brakes · brake · throttle · steam · pressure
- calming phrasesstay calm, calm down, relax, take it easy, easy does it
cool your jetslose your cool
Become visibly upset
fly off the handle · blow your top · go ballistic · let it rip · freak out
cool your jetskeep going
Maintain forward progress
carry on · go for it · full steam ahead · push on · press forward
cool your jetsstep on it
Urging someone to hurry
get a move on · hurry up · shake a leg · chop chop · get cracking
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