PANTS


Meaning of PANTS in English

■ plural noun

1》 Brit. under~ or knickers.

2》 chiefly N. Amer. trousers.

3》 Brit. informal rubbish; nonsense.

Phrases

catch someone with their ~ (or trousers ) down informal catch someone in an embarrassingly unprepared state.

fly (or drive ) by the seat of one's ~ informal rely on instinct rather than logic or knowledge.

scare (or bore etc.) the ~ off someone informal make someone extremely scared, bored, etc.

Origin

C19: abbrev. of pantaloons (see pantaloon ).

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