lose one's cool
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈluːz wʌnz ˈkuːl/
lose one's cool
- (idiomatic) To become upset or disconcerted; to lose one's temper.
- 1966, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,828412,00.html To the Ludicrous]," Time, 18 Nov.:
- But in his final singles match against Mandarino, the Menace lost his cool. Visibly rattled by noisy spectators, who chanted "Brasil! Bra-sil!" from the third set onward, he collapsed completely in the fifth set.
- 2006, Stefanie Cohen, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20090305093711/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,193567,00.html Naomi Campbell Accused of Attacking Maid in Fit Over Jeans]," FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. (retrieved 3 June 2009):
- The fiery femme fatale is notorious for losing her cool, and was once accused of hitting her secretary with a telephone and threatening to throw her from a moving car.
- When things don't go your way, no matter how trivial, how do you react? Do you lose your cool and explode?
- 1966, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,828412,00.html To the Ludicrous]," Time, 18 Nov.:
- (become upset) blow one's cool, blow one's top, drop one's bundle, go ape, go apeshit, hit the roof, hit the ceiling, lose it, lose one's temper, lose one's rag
- German: die Fassung verlieren
- Russian: выходи́ть из себя́
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