keep one's temper

Idioms  

1. see hold one's temper.

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keep one's temper

"I do not ask your permission, cousin," I answered, bowing and smiling, for it is well to keep one's temper in such a case.

From The Touchstone of Fortune by Charles Major

It would have been so easy, I used to think, to do tangible battle of that sort, so much easier than to learn lessons, and keep one's temper, and mend one's stockings.

From Autobiographical Sketches by Annie Wood Besant

The others—those one meets on a basis of mere convenience—are much more exciting; they keep one’s temper in healthy exercise. 

From Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales by Henry James

Well, I know one thing," said Eurie, "it requires twice the grace that I supposed it did to get through with kitchen duties and exasperations and keep one's temper.

From The Chautauqua Girls At Home by Pansy

It was a time to keep one's temper and wits, and he did so, as usual.

From Booker T. Washington Builder of a Civilization by Emmett J. (Emmett Jay) Scott