полегче на поворотах!

• ЛЕГЧЕ <ПОЛЕГЧЕ> НА ПОВОРОТАХ! highly coll, impol

[Imper sent; these forms only; fixed WO]

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⇒ (used as a warning or threat) be more careful of what you do, say etc:

- (you'd better) watch what you're saying (doing)!;

- (you'd better) watch your tongue (step)!;

- tone it down (a bit)!;

- go easy.

     ♦ "Вы вор!" - "Легче на поворотах! Я ведь могу на вас в суд подать за клевету". "You're a thief!" "You'd better watch what you're saying! I could take you to court for slander."

     ♦ Каждый раз, когда сын говорит мне, что ему предстоит объяснение с женой, я всегда даю один и тот же совет: "Легче на поворотах". Every time my son tells me he needs to clear the air with his wife, I give him one and the same piece of advice: Go easy.