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The English we speak.

Hello, I'm Rob and here comes Helen.

Wow, she's changed her hair colour.

It looks, well, different. Hi Helen I like your hair. Don't say a

word. Oh I don't want to talk about it. About what the fact you dyed your hair?

Enough!

Easy tiger!

I do not look like a tiger!

I never said you did!

It's just an expression.

Though come to think of it your hair is kind of stripy orange now.

Okay, you really don't look like a tiger though.

I said easy tiger, which is just a way of saying calm down.

It's all the hairdress's fault he told me I would look beautiful with copper highlights.

They needed this to me now I've got orange stripes I look like a jungle

animal. No you don't look like a jungle animal. Listen to me. We say easy Tiger when we want someone to calm down, to not get over-emotional or not to rush into something.

You're talking about Tigers because of the way I'm behaving, not because of my hair?

That's right. It's an expression that's usually used in informal situations between friends.

Here are some more examples.

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