To keep one\'s shirt on

劝告别人要有耐心，不要太紧张了。要保持冷静，在对情况有足够了解以前不要发火。

Example : \"Keep your shirt on, John; we have plenty of time to catch the train.\"

John，你别太紧张了，我们还有好多时间，足够我们赶到火车站去的。

John, keep your shirt on, please! I\'m sorry, but the boss made me work late at the office.\"

John，请你千万别发火。我很抱歉。可是，我的老板给了我好多活，我不得不在办公室加班

To lose one\'s shirt。

某个人失去了他所有的一切。

Example :  \"Did you hear what happened to John? He\'s lost his shirt, the poor guy -- invested all his money in a fancy restaurant and it just went out of business.\"

你有没有听到关于John的事？这回，他可真是丢掉了一切，真可怜。他把所有的钱都投资在一家豪华的餐馆里。而这家餐馆不久前倒闭了。

Example :Be careful of salesmen who call on the phone and offer to sell you land on the beach down in Florida. You can lose your shirt because the chances are the land is under water at high tide.\"

对那些通过电话来鼓动你买弗罗里达州靠海滨的土地的推销员，你得十分小心。你要不小心就有可能会损失一切，因为这些地很可能就是那些在涨潮的时候会被水淹没的地。

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