Слово англійською: pants

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noun

/pænts/

[plural]

(British English) underpants or knickers
- a pair of pants
(especially North American English) trousers
- a new pair of pants
- ski/sweat/dress pants
- a brown vest with matching pants
- I start patting at my pants pockets.
- She rolled up her pant legs.
- She wore a pair of baggy khaki pants and a black t-shirt.
see also capri pants, cargo pants, half pants, hot pants, palazzo pants, ski pants, stirrup pants
(British English, slang) (also used as an adjective) something you think is of poor quality synonym rubbish
- Their new album is absolute pants!
- Do we have to watch this pants programme?

Word Originmid 19th cent.: abbreviation of pantaloons.

Idioms

bore, scare, etc. the pants off somebody

(fly) by the seat of your pants

(informal) to act without careful thought and without a plan that you have made in advance, hoping that you will be lucky and be successful synonym wing it

catch somebody with their pants down

(British English also catch somebody with their trousers down)

(informal) to arrive or do something when somebody is not expecting it and not ready, especially when they are in an embarrassing situation

have ants in your pants

(informal) to be very excited or impatient about something and unable to stay still

wear the pants (North American English)

(British English wear the trousers)

(becoming old-fashioned, often disapproving) (especially of a woman) to be the person in a marriage or other relationship who makes most of the decisions
- It's obvious who wears the pants in that family!

wet your pants/knickers

(also wet yourself)

[no passive] to urinate in your underwear by accident
- He was so frightened that he wet his pants.