CAUGHT WITH HIS PANTS DOWN

Meaning of CAUGHT WITH HIS PANTS DOWN in English

found doing a bad act, caught in the act

Percy was caught cheating - caught with his pants down.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

CAUGHT WITH HIS PANTS DOWN — found doing a bad act, caught in the act Percy was caught cheating - caught with his pants down.
English Idioms vocab
WITH
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOWN — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird swoops down (= it suddenly flies down ) ▪ The bird swoops …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CAUGHT — see: catch II. adjective Date: 1858 pregnant
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WITH — I. (|)wi]th, ]th, _wə] preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, preposition & adverb, against, opposite, toward, with; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIS — I. Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, gen. of hē he — more at he obsolete possessive of he I …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English doun hill, from Old English dūn; akin to Middle Dutch dūne …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAUGHT — I. past of catch II. past part of catch • - caught dead - caught short III. adjective Etymology: caught …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PANTS — ˈpants, ˈpaan-, ˈpain- noun plural but sometimes singular in construction Usage: often attributive Etymology: short for pantaloons, plural of pantaloon …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAUGHT — () imp. & p. p. of Catch.
Английский словарь Webster
CAUGHT — (imp. & p. p.) of Catch
Английский словарь Webster
CAUGHT — imp. & p. p. of Catch.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CAUGHT — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Catch
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PANTS — /pants/ , n. ( used with a pl. v. ) 1. trousers (def. 1). 2. underpants, esp. for women and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOWN — down 1 /down/ , adv. 1. from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CAUGHT — /kawt/ , v. pt. and pp. of catch .
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n adverb Etymology: Middle English doun, from Old English dūne, short for adūne, of dūne, from a- (from of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CAUGHT — I. ˈkȯt past and past participle of catch II. adjective Date: 1858 : pregnant — often used in the phrase …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOWN — adj downcast; as, a down look. 2. down ·adv from a remoter or higher antiquity. 3. down ·vt to cover, …
Webster English vocab
CAUGHT — imp. & ·p.p. of catch. 2. caught ·impf & ·p.p. of catch.
Webster English vocab
CAUGHT — past and past participle of catch .
Concise Oxford English vocab
CAUGHT — [caught] past and past part of catch [2]caught adj (1858): pregnant--often used in the phrase get caught
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PANTS — pants BrE AmE pæn t s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CAUGHT — caught BrE AmE kɔːt kɑːt
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PANTS — / pænts; NAmE / noun [ pl. ] 1. ( BrE ) underpants or knickers : a pair of pants …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWN — / daʊn; NAmE / adverb , preposition , verb , adjective , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAUGHT — pt, pp of catch
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WITH — with S1 W1 /wɪð, wɪθ/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: 'against, from, with' ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PANTS — I. pants 1 S3 /pænts/ BrE AmE noun [plural] [ Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: pantaloons ] 1 . especially American …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOWN — I. down 1 S1 W1 /daʊn/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A LOWER POSITION to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CAUGHT — caught /kɔːt $ kɒːt/ BrE AmE the past tense and past participle of ↑ catch
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PANTS — n.pl. colloq. 1 Brit. underpants or knickers. 2 US trousers or slacks. øbore (or scare etc.) the pants off colloq. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CAUGHT — past and past part. of CATCH.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PANTS — n.pl. colloq. 1 Brit. underpants or knickers. 2 US trousers or slacks. bore (or scare etc.) the pants off colloq. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CAUGHT — past and past part. of CATCH.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PANTS — n.pl. colloq. 1. Brit. underpants or knickers. 2 US trousers or slacks. Phrases and idioms: bore (or scare etc.) the …
Oxford English vocab
DOWN — 1. adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1. into or towards a lower place, esp. to the …
Oxford English vocab
CAUGHT — past and past part. of CATCH.
Oxford English vocab
DOWN — I. PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES /daʊn/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WITH — Pronounced /wɪð/ for meanings 20 and 21. Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PANTS — 1. Pants are a piece of underwear which have two holes to put your legs through and elastic around the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAUGHT — Caught is the past tense and past participle of catch .
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PANTS — 1. Pants are a piece of underwear which have two holes to put your legs through and elastic around the …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
CAUGHT — Caught is the past tense and past participle of catch .
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PANTS
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HIS — determiner COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES betray his presence ▪ The slightest sound might betray his presence . craned his neck …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CAUGHT — COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be captured/caught on video (= recorded on video ) ▪ The crime was captured on video. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PANTS
Cambridge English vocab
CAUGHT — [past simple] and [past participle] of catch
Cambridge English vocab
PANTS — Synonyms and related words : Bermuda shorts, Capri pants, bags, bells, bloomers, blue jeans, breeches, breeks, briefs, britches, buckskins, chivarras, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOWN
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CAUGHT — Synonyms and related words : aground, anchored, arrested, chained, charmed, enchanted, enthralled, fascinated, fast, fastened, fixed, gripped, grounded, held, high …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PANTS — Noun/Adj. Nonsense, rubbish, bad. From the standard British English of pants, meaning underwear; also a variation on 'knickers'. E.g."The first …
Slang English vocab
DOWN — n. back down bear down beat down bog down boil down bowl down break down bring down broken down buckle …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
PANTS — noun 1 ( BrE ) underwear ⇨ See also ↑ panties , ↑ underpants … OF PANTS ▪ pair VERB + …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PANTS — • ↑ catch sb with their pants down
Longman Activator English vocab
DOWN — INDEX: 1. moving down 2. to go down 3. when the sun goes down 4. to go down under the …
Longman Activator English vocab
CAUGHT — • ↑ be caught napping • ↑ get caught up in
Longman Activator English vocab
CAUGHT — mod (sl) беременная
Dirty English-Russian vocab
PANTS — n. pl. 1 In Britain (men's) drawers, small-clothes, smalls, drawers, underpants, boxer shorts, trunks, undershorts, Y-fronts, briefs, Colloq smalls; (women's) …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PANTS — See: ANTS IN ONE'S PANTS, CATCH ONE WITH ONE'S PANTS DOWN, FANCY PANTS, FLY BY THE SEAT OF ONE'S PANTS, …
Словарь английских идиом
PANTS — DON'T say if you mean trousers. Say trousers. Pants means underpants
Scottish Slang English vocabulary

English Idioms vocabulary

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