keep an even keel
keep an even keel
To remain in a calm and stable condition. I don't know how you keep an even keel while trying to manage so many different things at once. My dad is unflappable. No matter what happens, he always keeps an even keel.
See also: even, keel, keep
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- keep on an even keel
- even keel
- keel
- on an even keel
- fetch
- dad fetch my buttons
- Dad fetch my buttons!
- by word of mouth
- a (kind of) turn of mind
- a practical, scientific, etc. turn of mind