The expression makes sense in tough economic times and tough neighborhoods where fighting was common but a good shirt on your back wasn't. So you would take it off before fighting. (This also may have originated from prize fighting, where shirts were removed to avoid giving an opponent something to grab.)
"Keep your shirt on" advises you to be patient, or calm, until the situation is resolved. It is often used when individuals assertively clamor for attention.
It is just an idiom and has no history.
"They will try to make you mad, but keep your shirt on while I make the deal." "The waitress told the impatient customer to keep his shirt on, and that he would be served when it was his turn."
Stuffed Shirt - a self-important person who shows a lot of phony dignity Origin: This expression originates from the early 1900s. The expression initially meant: a person who has a falsely high opinion of his/her own worth and who shows it.
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It is just an idiom and has no history.
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"He lost his shirt" IS an idiom.
"They will try to make you mad, but keep your shirt on while I make the deal." "The waitress told the impatient customer to keep his shirt on, and that he would be served when it was his turn."
spying or looking someone all the time
Stuffed Shirt - a self-important person who shows a lot of phony dignity Origin: This expression originates from the early 1900s. The expression initially meant: a person who has a falsely high opinion of his/her own worth and who shows it.
German equivalents of the English idiom Keep your shirt on! are:Mach mal die Pferde nicht scheu!Ruhig Blut!Reg dich nicht auf!Blieb locker!
To be exposed
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The idiom 'Keep your shirt on is used to tell someone to calm down. The phrase was coined in the 19th century, when men wore shirts that were highly starched and to engage in a fight they had to remove their shirts. Therefore, when you told someone to keep their shirt on, you were in fact saying lets not fight.
Origin "up a storm"
The origin is in firearms. Old guns used black powder instead of cartridges, and if you let your powder get wet, your gun would not fire.