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MUSCOVITE Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

"vague" idiom

Hi,
  • fly by the seat of your pants [*]
According to my longman, this idiom means to have to deal with a situation by guessing what to do, because you know very little about it [+], but.
What does this phrase mean literally? How come [*] means [+]? :-)

Example (just in case my question does not make sense to you).
  • to have ants in one's pants -
its (literal) meaning should be very clear even to a learner with a rudimentary sense of humor/imagination? :-) As for [*], it seems much more "involved" to me... Hope this idiom has NO bad connotations/etc.?

mus-te
  

Top answer

You can read about the origin HERE . I don't understand your second question. Rover

— Rover_KE

  • You can read about the origin HERE .
  • I don't understand your second question.
  • Rover
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You can read about the origin HERE.

I don't understand your second question.

Rover
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Hi,
  • fly by the seat of your pants [*]
According to my longman, this idiom means to have to deal with a situation by guessing what to do, because you know very little about it [+], but.
What does this phrase mean literally? How come
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Thank you for the link!
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Perfect explanation! Bravo Clive! I got it (at last :-)
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