Some expressions

[nq:1]Hi, native speakers of English, I have problems with some expressions. I know "to have ants in one's pants" but what does "it's the ants' pants" mean?[/nq]
Possibly similar to "the cat's pajamas" or "the cat's ***", roughly meaning "the best", or "very pleasing".
[nq:1]What does the noun "ad-mass" mean?[/nq]
I think it's "admass" (not hyphenated) and it means mass-media advertisi

Don A. Gilmore wrote on 04 Mar 2005:
[nq:1]I think it's "admass" (not hyphenated) and it means mass-media advertising, or the people who are influenced by it.[/nq]
Actually, it's Ad Mass, ad mass, AD Mass,ad-mass, and Ad-Mass. I didn't see a single "admass" in the first 100 Google hits.

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[nq:1]Don A. Gilmore wrote on 04 Mar 2005: [/nq]
[nq:2]I think it's "admass" (not hyphenated) and it means mass-media advertising, or the people who are influenced by it.[/nq]
[nq:1]Actually, it's Ad Mass, ad mass, AD Mass,ad-mass, and Ad-Mass. I didn't see a single "admass" in the first 100 Google hits.[/nq]
Merriam-Webster's lists it thus:
Main Entry: ad·mass
Pronunciation: '

[nq:1]Hi, native speakers of English, I have problems with some expressions. I know "to have ants in one's pants" but ... mean? How is the noun "***-up" (mess, muddle, confusion) used? And what does "to go all-*****-out" mean? Thanks in advance,[/nq]
To have ants in ones pants or to be antsy is to be nervous or twitchy, a little kid who can't sit still is said to have "ants in their pants".

[nq:1]Hi, native speakers of English, I have problems with some expressions. I know "to have ants in one's pants" but ... How is the noun "***-up" (mess, muddle, confusion) used? And what does "to go all-*****-out" mean? Thanks in advance, Ho[/nq]
All but the last of you questions have at this point been satisfactorily answered. Nobody has yet pointed out that the expression is "***** out", "t

[nq:1]Don A. Gilmore wrote on 04 Mar 2005: [/nq]
[nq:2]I think it's "admass" (not hyphenated) and it means mass-media advertising, or the people who are influenced by it.[/nq]
[nq:1]Actually, it's Ad Mass, ad mass, AD Mass,ad-mass, and Ad-Mass. I didn't see a single "admass" in the first 100 Google hits.[/nq]
Just shows you how few Internetters have access to OED which implies that the

Don A. Gilmore wrote on 04 Mar 2005:
[nq:2]Don A. Gilmore wrote on 04 Mar 2005: Actually, ... see a single "admass" in the first 100 Google hits.[/nq]
[nq:1]Merriam-Webster's lists it thus: Main Entry: ad·mass Pronunciation: 'ad-"mas Function: noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: advertising + mass chiefly British ... are in this dictionary. If I were you, I wouldn't rely on "Google hi

John Dean wrote on 04 Mar 2005:
[nq:2]Don A. Gilmore wrote on 04 Mar 2005: Actually, ... see a single "admass" in the first 100 Google hits.[/nq]
[nq:1]Just shows you how few Internetters have access to OED which implies that the term was coined by JB Priestley ... the mass man." If they are correct then it is perhaps perverse not to spell it as the creator(s) intended.[/nq]
Oh, John,

On 3 Mar 2005 23:25:32 GMT, CyberCypher
[nq:1]Oh, John, that is so too, too premodern, traditional, orthodontodoxic, and pan-prescriptivist.[/nq]
Just what I was thinking.

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[nq:1]All but the last of you questions have at this point been satisfactorily answered. Nobody has yet pointed out that ... be reckless" and"to give one's greatest effort." Its kind of like "put the pedal to themetal" and "consequences be damned."[/nq]
I must say that I'm really amazed at the number and quality of the postings answering my queries, and all this within