take a breath
take a breath
To inhale and then exhale. I can tell that you're just a bit too upset to talk about this. Why don't you take a breath, calm down a bit, and then we'll discuss it. I've loved my son more than life itself ever since he took his first breath.
See also: breath, take
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- do (one's) bit
- do bit
- do one's bit
- do your bit
- bit by bit
- in dribs and drabs
- shade
- a shade
- a shade (something)
- not one bit