phrase. DEFINITIONS1. using only your judgment and skill, when you are doing something new and you cannot use your previous experience.
This term comes from aviation. When people first began flying aircraft, they did not have the same advanced navigation tools and abilities to communicate with people on the ground. Therefore, people were flying by the seat of their pants or flying without the ability to communicate or fully plan things out.
to do something difficult without the necessary skill or experience: I had no idea how to do it – I was just flying by the seat of my pants.
If you say that something is pants, you mean that it is very poor in quality. [British, informal] The place is pants, yet so popular.
Since pantaloons were associated with a slimmer fit, when wider trousers came into fashion in England, 'pants' came to refer to the more snug garments worn underneath trousers. Hence pants meaning 'underpants'.
In British English, pants means underpants or, informally, nonsense. In American English, pants means trousers; the singular form is used as adjective. [BrEn] He thought we were going to be absolute pants.
Waist: A well-fitted waistband should be sitting nice and flush towards the back of the body without any puckering. You should be able to fit two fingers in the waistband for comfort. Length: For wide-leg pants, the length should sit above the shoe line.
it's not an established euphemism or phrase, he just literally has bread in his pants. yup. you can see him tucking bread that the patrons had thrown at him while booking his song into his pants right before he notices Geralt. The joke is essentially that this man is a disaster with no filter to speak of.
The waist of the trouser should sit comfortably on your natural waist, not your hips. Jeans are often cut to sit lower on the hips with a natural “sag” effect, but not trousers. This is why men who don't often wear trousers feel that they are sitting uncomfortably high.
(informal) To refrain from trying to have sex with someone.
(especially of a woman) to be the person in a relationship who is in control and who makes decisions for both people: Brian may seem domineering, but it's Lisa that really wears the pants in that relationship. Controlling and being in charge. aggrandize.
The Victorians were very squeamish about the word 'trousers'. They called them their 'inexpressibles', 'round-me-houses', and 'sit-upons'.
The word 'pants' in Australia refers almost exclusively to trousers, while Australians will usually call underwear 'a pair of undies' or just 'undies', which is a plural form indicating that it is short for 'underpants'.
According to some, the phrase “pair of pants” harkens back to the days when what constituted pants—or pantaloons, as they were originally known—consisted of two separate items, one for each leg. They were put on one at a time and then secured around the waist.
trousers that are wide at the hips and taper off towards the ankle. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
About 517 (36.7%) of the responders called this slice "the heel," referring to the heel of a foot. Almost all of the Irish and Oklahoman responders used this term in the survey. The "skalk" was the term of choice for Norway. "Skalk" roughly translates to "heel," making it part of the most popular response.
(idiomatic, vulgar, of a man) To ejaculate while wearing one's trousers. quotations ▼ (idiomatic, vulgar, by extension) To experience an orgasm while clothed; to be thoroughly excited or delighted. quotations ▼
Depending on your laundry schedule, you might need more than 5 pairs of pants. But for most people, 4 to 5 pairs of casual pants, including denim jeans, are more than enough to meet everyday needs.
Where should pants sit on the waist? Dress trousers should sit at least slightly above your waist, and higher if they are high-waisted. Casual trousers can sit lower if you like that style. The trousers should be comfortable, but still tight enough to keep a tucked-in shirt in place.
Jeans wear out between the inner thighs because of friction. Whether you're a size 4 or 24, there's a good chance your thighs touch and rub together when you walk.
Panties (in American English; also called underpants, undies, or knickers in British English) are a form of underwear worn by women.
knickers. noun. British underwear for the lower body, typically worn by women or girls. The American word is panties.
Bonnet vs.
It's no surprise the part of the car covering the delicate mechanicals from the elements is named after headwear – and the split between the US version (hood) and the British one (bonnet) shows more similarity in thought than it does difference in name.