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VanG Posted 20 years ago
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by the seat of their pants
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Can someone help me? I need to explain this idiom.
Can someone help me? I need to explain this idiom.
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Hi, This is from thefreedictionary. seat-of-the-pants (s t v- -p nts ) adj. Slang 1.
- Hi, This is from thefreedictionary.
- seat-of-the-pants (s t v- -p nts ) adj.
- Slang 1.
- Based on or using intuition and experience rather than a plan or method; improvised: "Each has already moved beyond seat-of-the-pants management to more professional operating procedures" Business Week.
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0 Hi, 02 br
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00 I think the meaning becomes clearer if you consider where the words come from. Think about this picture. 02 br
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00 Tom is flying a plane. He has had very few lessons, and he knows very little about the theory of flying. So, how does he fly the plane? He sits in the pilot's chair and tries to understand what to do by feeling the plane's mov
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00 I think the meaning becomes clearer if you consider where the words come from. Think about this picture. 02 br
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00 Tom is flying a plane. He has had very few lessons, and he knows very little about the theory of flying. So, how does he fly the plane? He sits in the pilot's chair and tries to understand what to do by feeling the plane's mov
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0 Ok! That makes it make much better sense. 02 br
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00 Thank you, Clive. 02 br
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00 Ya entendí. 0-
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00 Thank you, Clive. 02 br
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00 Ya entendí. 0-
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