English in a Minute: To Keep One's Cool

 

 

Keep One's Cool  :

  침착하다, 냉정을 잃지 않다. 안정을 유지하다  

  <->  Lose One's Cool    냉정을 잃다, 흥분하다.

 

J : Anna, a man driving his car almost hit me in the crosswalk yesterday.

   Then he started yelling at ME.

A : Did you yell at him, too?

J : No, I kept my cool.

    I calmly explained to him that I was not the one disobeying traffic rules.

    He was.