Hang on to your hat!

hang on to your hat

Get ready for what's coming or about to happen! Hang on to your hats, everybody—we're about to see what these fireworks can do! A: "Wow, the storm has been devastating so far." B: "Well, hang on to your hat, because it's about to get a whole lot worse!" A: "Hang on to your hat—the boss got bad news about our numbers this quarter." B: "Oh great, so he's in fabulous mood then?"

See also: hang, hat, on, to

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Hang on to your hat!

 and Hold on to your hat!

Fig. Get ready for what's coming!; Here comes a big shock! There is a rough road ahead. Hang on to your hat! Here we go! Hold on to your hat!

See also: hang, on, to

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.