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You need to calm your jets
Meaning
- A suggestion for someone to lower their intensity or stop being so agitated. It implies the person is overreacting to a situation.
Relaxed, casual
Used in a sentence
- You need to calm your jets because we have plenty of time to get there.
- Everyone is getting frustrated so you need to calm your jets for a second.
- You need to calm your jets before you say something you regret.
The backstory
This likely evolved from 1950s aviation jargon when jets were new and powerful. It suggests that if you do not throttle back, you might crash or burn out.
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