What is the closest equivalent expression to "don't get your panties in a bunch"? "To get one's panties in a bunch", from Wikitionary: > To become overwrought or unnecessarily upset over a trivial matter. [Usually used towards women.] What is the closest Japanese equivalent expression to this? (Hopefully, there's a bit more than just a simple ).

is the most commonly used phrase used to tell someone to calm down. However, there are several ways to simply state that someone is annoyed or overly upset. Eg. , {}.

If someone is getting annoyed over trivial matters you can use the word to describe the matter.

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> He is angry over trivial matters.

There may be an even closer translation, but this one is pretty close.

You might be able to extend that to requests.

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> Don't get angry over little things.

But this might not be very natural. Usually if someone were getting uptight over little things I would probably tell them (if they were close) something like:

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> It's nothing more than a trivial thing. Calm down.

or

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> It's nothing. Calm yourself.