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airi@home



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 6:07 pm    Post subject: Pants!! Reply with quote

It seems that English has some expressions using the word, pants!

I have ants in my pants!
Lier,Lier, pants on fire!
He wears the pants in his family.
(What does she wear if she is the boss in her family?)

I would like to know more interesting expressions using the word, PANTS Razz

Thank you, teachers Wink
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bud



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PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 12:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

"She" also wears the pants in the family if she's the boss. It may be more common to say that "she" wears the pants because of the role reversal it implies.

The only other one I can think of is like someone's pants are on fire to describe them as frantically running about or in a great hurry.

A related one is to have money burn a hole in ones pocket. The pocket would be the pants pocket. It describes someone who can't wait to spend his money. Usually it is an amount of that he does not normally have (for example, he won a prize or he received an inheritance).
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Blossom



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PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 1:54 pm    Post subject: Pants Reply with quote

If a team loses heavily it is sometimes said that the winning team "beat the pants off" the losers.

Simialarly, it might be said that the winners "took the pants off" the losers.

If someone gets excited a companion might say, "Calm down, Keep your pants on."
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 1:55 pm    Post subject: Pants Reply with quote

This is what my boyfriend told me!
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bud



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PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 2:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Absolutely! Good examples!
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Blossom



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PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 3:14 pm    Post subject: Pants or knickers Reply with quote

I have just been told that in england they do not say keep your pants on. They say, "Don't get your knickers in a twist." This is said to girls who get very excited or very angry.

Can anyone tell me why they use such a strange expression?
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bud



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PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 4:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think the main reason is that it's funny. There was a comedian a decade os so ago who Americanized that expression: Don't get your panties in a knot! Or was it "in a bunch?" Either way, it has the same meaning.

panties (U.S.) = knickers (Britain) = underpants

Maybe it is to give the impresiion of someone squirming in their seat so much that their underpants get twisted around, but that's just a guess.
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airi@home



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 3:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

To bud,

Wow, it is cool! The both you taught me are fun expressions Very Happy I want to use them! If one of my friends wins a contest coming this summer, she would definately burn a hole in her pocket!! Maybe a hole will not be enough!

As far as me, I am like my pants are on fire every morning!

Thank you Very Happy

To Blossom,

My boyfriend always says to me,"Calm down! You are high tension!"
If he gets so excited, I want to say to him,"Keep your pants on!"
But "I" am the one who is usually excited, so I want to say back to him,"What!? I keep my pants on!"

Thank you Very Happy
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