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FredPuli | 08:37 Wed 06th Aug 2003 | Phrases & Sayings
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Why 'it's pants' or ' a pile of pants' for something which is rubbish or poor? Is it a counterpart to yelling 'knickers!' ?
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I have to say, I loathe this expression. I think is just a cleaned up version (for the likes of CBBC) of "pile of excrement" (you all know what I mean!!).
09:30 Wed 06th Aug 2003
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The knickers/pants connection - always a worthwhile conjunction! - would seem to be as you suggest, Fred. Click http://www.worldwidewords.org/topicalwords/tw-pan4
.htm for further information. (My apologies if this appears twice...my first attempt at posting disappeared into the ether.)
10:34 Wed 06th Aug 2003
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