When you're irritating someone and they want you to go sit down or leave them alone. Grandparents say this a lot.
"Mama can i have this? Mama can i have that toy?"
Mother/Grandmother: If you don't rest your nerves boy/girl!"
Mother/Grandmother: If you don't rest your nerves boy/girl!"
by Stingwolf2000stingwolf2000 October 29, 2021
Get the Rest your nerves mug.A Gentleman's Rest was once used primarily in the Victorian era when clothing was thicker and heavier.
As a Gentleman went about his business, he would find that his more intimate areas would become sweaty.
To avoid chaffing and sweat rash, a Gentleman would go to the 'airing cupboard' (which was a small well ventilated room within the house) to make use of his 'Gentleman's Rest' which consisted of a long stick, atop of which was a decorated shelf.
In America they used to refer to this room as the 'Rest Room' and is where the modern day term originates.
The Gentleman would remove his little Gentleman from his garments and rest himself upon this shelf to air himself out and naturally dry away the sweat.
Common decorations for the 'shelf' include Mermaids, Ophelia's arm, a slender female leg and Persephone's pony-tail.
Though popular at the time, only a known handful have survived to this day and are highly collectible in the art world and is commonly confused in its appearance with that of the common walking stick.
The earliest known example dates back to 1874 and whilst it is in poor condition it is still a beautiful piece.
As a Gentleman went about his business, he would find that his more intimate areas would become sweaty.
To avoid chaffing and sweat rash, a Gentleman would go to the 'airing cupboard' (which was a small well ventilated room within the house) to make use of his 'Gentleman's Rest' which consisted of a long stick, atop of which was a decorated shelf.
In America they used to refer to this room as the 'Rest Room' and is where the modern day term originates.
The Gentleman would remove his little Gentleman from his garments and rest himself upon this shelf to air himself out and naturally dry away the sweat.
Common decorations for the 'shelf' include Mermaids, Ophelia's arm, a slender female leg and Persephone's pony-tail.
Though popular at the time, only a known handful have survived to this day and are highly collectible in the art world and is commonly confused in its appearance with that of the common walking stick.
The earliest known example dates back to 1874 and whilst it is in poor condition it is still a beautiful piece.
by Victorian Tidbits August 8, 2021
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When a person's behind is so big that it sticks out like a shelf. Similar to a bubble butt or apple bottom.
by EleniP190 September 16, 2013
Get the rest a glass on that booty mug.A sex position coined by the university of Alberta campus newspaper, the gateway; having intercourse with your partner while he/she is unconscious either from alcohol, exhaustion or rufilin.
"Man I can't believe you took home that law student last night. She was so wasted and didn't seem to like you."
"She didn't, she had an argument not to come home with me, lets just say, at that state, The Defence Rests."
"She didn't, she had an argument not to come home with me, lets just say, at that state, The Defence Rests."
by uofa goer March 20, 2012
Get the The Defence Rests mug.The awkward moment when you're sat next to a stranger in the cinema, and there is a mental dispute as to who gets to put their arm on the rest...
You: "Dude my arms are really aching..."
friend: "why dont you rest them on the arm rest then?"
you: "nah, got arm rest anxiety"
friend: "why dont you rest them on the arm rest then?"
you: "nah, got arm rest anxiety"
by lolnetto1 February 24, 2011
Get the arm rest anxiety mug.Describes the "pleasant versus unpleasant" quandary that you face when making a road trip on a budget. The D.O.T. may indeed instruct you to "never drive while drowsy", but good luck explaining that to a cop with a quota who taps on your car window at 2 a.m. in the morning to find out why you're parked along a deserted stretch of highway to sleep till dawn.
One simple way to avoid the whole "rest area vs. arrest area" debacle is to simply schedule your sleep-stops around the available "official rest area" locations that are situation along your route... sure, it may take a bit longer to complete your journey if you hafta "call it a day" at 5 pm instead of at nightfall because there will be no other rest areas for another hundred or more miles, but at least you can slumber in peace, knowing that you aren't parking somewhere overnight where you might be given grief.
by QuacksO February 25, 2019
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