Timeline for "Relax! = be careful!"?
Current License: CC BY-SA 4.0
10 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2021 at 21:02 | history | bumped | CommunityBot | This question has answers that may be good or bad; the system has marked it active so that they can be reviewed. | |
| Jan 14, 2021 at 14:21 | comment | added | Andrew | Ease up, man! You are hurting me (by pulling me out carelessly) | |
| Jan 14, 2021 at 12:29 | answer | added | faisal amir | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 14, 2021 at 12:17 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | It means Don't panic [because in your panicky state, you're manhandling me, and it hurts]. You can tell yourself relax means be careful in this exact context if you like, but I don't think that's a useful way of looking at. After all, the guy in the car might just as easily have shouted Watch it! or Hold on there! He just wants the other guy to realise how delicate the situation is. | |
| Jan 14, 2021 at 12:11 | review | Close votes | |||
| Jan 31, 2021 at 3:02 | |||||
| Jan 14, 2021 at 12:07 | comment | added | Rey Naldi | So it could be "be careful while pulling me out", isn't it? Ya, i would. What does it mean? | |
| Jan 14, 2021 at 12:00 | history | edited | fev | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
deleted 5 characters in body
|
| Jan 14, 2021 at 11:54 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | Relax! in such contexts means Calm down! Don't panic! Presumably the "rescuer" was roughly manhandling the "victim", and it hurt. But be honest - would you be wondering what he meant if the man had shouted Take it easy, willya! | |
| Jan 14, 2021 at 11:47 | review | First posts | |||
| Jan 14, 2021 at 12:01 | |||||
| Jan 14, 2021 at 11:42 | history | asked | Rey Naldi | CC BY-SA 4.0 |