hold one's horses

Slow down, be patient, as in Dad told Kevin to hold his horses on Christmas shopping, since it was only July, or Hold your horses, I'm coming. This expression alludes to a driver making horses wait by holding the reins tightly. [Slang; c. 1840]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ciannait	-	Irish
Zhen	-	Chinese
XoÁN	-	Galician
Virginia	vər-JIN-yə (English), veer-JEE-nyah (Italian), beer-KHEE-nyah (Spanish)	English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Ardashir	-	Persian
Do-Yun	do-yoon	Korean