| 词汇 | by the seat of your pants |
| 释义 | Idiom by the seat of your pantsby the seat of (your) pants if you do something by the seat of your pants, you do it using your own experience and ability, without help from anyone else.We found our way by the seat of our pants, but if I ever did another jungle trek I'd take a guide. by the seat of (one's) pantsWithout a clear plan or direction. Often used in the phrase "fly by the seat of (one's) pants." I know my parents think that I'm just flying by the seat of my pants ever since I dropped out of college, but I just signed with a record label and am launching my singing career! by the seat of your pantsby instinct rather than logic or knowledge. informalThis expression was first used by pilots in the mid 20th century, in the form fly by the seat of your pants , meaning ‘fly a plane by relying on human judgement rather than navigational instruments’. 1977 Martin Walker National Front Mussolini had governed by the seat of his pants, guided in part by his early Socialism, in part by his…bombastic nationalism. (fly) by the seat of your ˈpantsact without careful thought and without making a plan in advance, hoping that you will be lucky and successful: He made careful plans and then found that everything had changed at the last minute, so in the end he had to fly by the seat of his pants.This idiom was first used by pilots to describe flying by using the way the plane felt as a guide to its condition. The seat of your pants is the part of your trousers/pants that you sit on. |
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