fasten your seatbelts
Secure for turbulence
Fasten your seatbelts is a warning to prepare for turbulence or difficulty ahead.
The literal instruction from flight attendants has become a figurative announcement that things are about to get intense, chaotic, or challenging: Fasten your seatbelts, folks—this earnings report is going to be rough.
The phrase often carries a note of dark humor or theatrical anticipation.
- buckleFrame-and-prong fastener
- buckle upSecure your restraint
- clickBrief sharp noise
- turbulenceChaotic flow patterns
- bumpy rideJourney with constant jolts
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fasten your seatbeltsrelax
Become less tense
all clear · stand down · take it easy · at ease · coast is clear
fasten your seatbeltsbusiness as usual
Continuation of normal routine
move along · calm waters · uneventful · plain sailing · easy going
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