| 词汇 | don’t get your knickers in a twist |
| 词源 | don’t get your knickers in a twist. A British slang expression first recorded in 1980 that is fairly common in America today. It means “don’t get excited, confused, amazed, worried.” knick- ers, as many if not most Americans know, are women’s under- wear in England and Ireland. |
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