None of us had ever worked on a magazine before so we were flying by the seat of our pants.
(often in continuous tenses)New idioms dictionary. 2014.
(fly) by the seat of your pants — (fly) by the seat of your ˈpants idiom (informal) to act without careful thought and without a plan that you have made in advance, hoping that you will be lucky and be successful Syn: ↑wing it Main entry: ↑seatidio … Useful english dictionary
fly by the seat of your pants — If you fly by the seat of your pants, you do something without any knowledge or experience, using only your instinct and hoping that you will succeed. Without any formal training, he decided to fly by the seat of his pants and try his luck … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
fly by the seat of your pants — Meaning Decide a course of action as you go along, using your own initiative and perceptions rather than a pre determined plan or theory. Origin Early aviation parlance. Aircraft initially had few navigation aids and flying was accomplished by… … Meaning and origin of phrases
fly by the seat of your... — See by the seat of your pants … English idioms
fly by the seat of pants — fly by the seat of (your) pants informal to do something difficult without the necessary experience or ability. None of us had ever worked on a magazine before so we were flying by the seat of our pants. (often in continuous tenses) … New idioms dictionary
fly — fly1 W2S2 [flaı] v past tense flew [flu:] past participle flown [fləun US floun] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(travel by plane)¦ 2¦(move through the air)¦ 3¦(control a plane)¦ 4¦(send somebody/something by plane)¦ 5¦(use air company/service)¦ 6¦(cross sea by… … Dictionary of contemporary English
pants — [[t]pæ̱nts[/t]] 1) N PLURAL: also a pair of N Pants are a piece of underwear which have two holes to put your legs through and elastic around the top to hold them up round your waist or hips. [BRIT] I wash and dry myself and put on my bra and… … English dictionary
fly — 1 verb past tense flew past participle flown PLANE 1 (I) to travel by plane: You can fly direct from London to Tokyo in under 12 hours now. | fly on (=continue flying to another place): The first stop is San Francisco, and from there we re flying … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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