Drop (one's) bundle Australia New Zealand informal verb phrase
To feel hopeless or lose control of one's emotions
Their daughter has been missing for 2 years, but they still keep searching and haven't dropped their bundle.
He dropped his bundle after seeing the remains of the wrecked ship being washed onto the shore.
She is constantly looking at her watch and dropping her bundle.
People tend to believe what they want to be true.
people often do irrational or foolish things when they are in love.
Everyone who attends a game, concert, meeting etc. has tears in their eyes.
Said when one hopes something bad will not occur
To accept what is lower than your hope or your goals
The verb "drop" must be conjugated according to its tense.
This phrase derives from an old connotation of the word "bundle", which meant "swag" or "a traveller's or miner's bundle of personal belongings".