caught with pants down

caught with pants down
caught with (your) pants down in a situation that embarrasses you.

My job was to get as much information as possible so that my boss would not be caught with her pants down.

Usage notes: often said about situations you are not prepared for

New idioms dictionary. 2014.

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  • (caught with) pants down —    If you are caught with your pants down, you are caught doing something bad or forbidden.     Our neighbours were caught fiddling with the electricity meter caught with their pants down! …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • 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

  • 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

  • with your pants down — see ↑pants • • • Main Entry: ↑down with your pants down US informal : in an embarrassing or unprepared position The clinic now maintains an adequate supply of vaccine so that it won t be caught with its pants down if there is a flu outbreak two… …   Useful english dictionary

  • caught with your pants down — If you are caught with your pants down, you are exposed in an embarrassing situation.  It can also mean that you were caught unprepared for a situation or an event …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • caught with your pants down — caught with (your) pants down in a situation that embarrasses you. My job was to get as much information as possible so that my boss would not be caught with her pants down. Usage notes: often said about situations you are not prepared for …   New idioms dictionary

  • with one's pants down — phrasal : in an embarrassing position (as of being unprepared for an emergency) caught with its pants down by the surprise attack * * * (be caught) with one s pants down (informal) (to be caught) at an embarrassing and unsuitable moment, in a… …   Useful english dictionary

  • caught with his pants down — found doing a bad act, caught in the act    Percy was caught cheating caught with his pants down …   English idioms

  • Caught With Your Pants Down — Ballbreaker Ballbreaker Album par AC/DC Sortie 26 septembre 1995 Enregistrement 1994 1995 au Ocean Way Studios …   Wikipédia en Français

  • caught him with his pants down — caught him red handed, caught him in the act …   English contemporary dictionary

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