PE 4/3 Bathroom or Library?

Sheesh. Can’t a guy get a little privacy? Okay – keep your shirt on. I’m coming out now.

* keep one’s shirt on: to stop being impatient

ex> If you’ll keep your shirt on for a moment, I’ll run to the store and get some more.

Note> This phrase may originate from the fact that when people get angry and are looking to fight, they’ll sometimes remove their shirt.

Mitch, that’s our only bathroom. It’s for when nature calls. It’s not a library. You can read anywhere in the house. I can’t believe you’d be so inconsiderate.

* nature calls: one has to go to the bathroom

ex> Do students still have to ask permission to leave the classroom when nature calls?

Malarkey! If I’d kept mum, you’d still be in there. And don’t you dare put that magazine on our kitchen table! That’s how germs get spread.

* keep mum: to remain silent about something

= didn't say a peep; didn't say a word; kept my mouth shut

ex> Tragedies can occur when employees keep mum about their bosses’ mistakes.

Sorry, Wendy. I forgot that reading in the bathroom is kind of a pet peeve for you.

* pet peeve: something an individual habitually finds very irritating

ex> The sound of someone cracking their knuckles is my pet peeve.

I guess you could call it that, but it just seems very unsanitary to me. Hold that thought, and we can discuss it in a few minutes, okay?

* hold that thought: to save the current topic for later discussion

ex> Susie asked them to hold that thought, then ran out of the room without saying where she was going.