with your trousers down

with your trousers down
with your trousers down
Brit informal : in an embarrassing situation

another CEO caught with his trousers down [=(US) with his pants down]

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Main Entry:trousers

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • be caught with your trousers down — be caught with (your) pants/trousers down 1. to be suddenly discovered doing something that you did not want other people to know about, especially having sex. Apparently he was caught with his pants down. His wife came home to find him in bed… …   New idioms dictionary

  • be caught with your trousers down — be caught with your pants/trousers/down informal phrase to be embarrassed by something that happens because you are not prepared for it Thesaurus: to be, or to become ashamed or embarrassedsynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

  • be caught with your pants down — be caught with (your) pants/trousers down 1. to be suddenly discovered doing something that you did not want other people to know about, especially having sex. Apparently he was caught with his pants down. His wife came home to find him in bed… …   New idioms dictionary

  • be caught with your pants down — be caught with your pants/trousers/down informal phrase to be embarrassed by something that happens because you are not prepared for it Thesaurus: to be, or to become ashamed or embarrassedsynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

  • be caught with trousers down — be caught with (your) pants/trousers down 1. to be suddenly discovered doing something that you did not want other people to know about, especially having sex. Apparently he was caught with his pants down. His wife came home to find him in bed… …   New idioms dictionary

  • trousers — trou|sers S2 [ˈtrauzəz US ərz] n [plural] especially BrE [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: trouse trousers (14 19 centuries), from Scottish Gaelic triubhas] a piece of clothing that covers the lower half of your body, with a separate part fitting over… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • trousers — noun (plural) a piece of clothing that covers the lower half of your body, with a separate part fitting over each leg: I need a new pair of trousers for work. | short trousers trouser adjective (only before noun): The tickets are in my trouser… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • be caught with pants down — be caught with (your) pants/trousers down 1. to be suddenly discovered doing something that you did not want other people to know about, especially having sex. Apparently he was caught with his pants down. His wife came home to find him in bed… …   New idioms dictionary

  • Row, Row, Row Your Boat — is an English nursery rhyme, and a popular children s song/proverb, often sung as a round. It can also be an action nursery rhyme where singers sit opposite one another and row forwards and backwards with joined hands. The tune is credited to… …   Wikipedia

  • In Trousers — is a musical with a book, lyrics, and music by William Finn.The one acter centers on Marvin, who has an unnamed wife and a son, Jason. He recalls the past relationships he shared with, among others, his high school sweetheart and Miss Goldberg,… …   Wikipedia

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