caught with one's pants down

English

Etymology

Presumably engaged in some private or intimate activity. Pants can be in the sense of trousers, or a fortiori, in the sense of underwear.

Adjective

caught with one 's pants down

(idiomatic) Caught off guard, unprepared, or in an embarrassing situation.

Synonyms

flat-footed

Derived terms

with one's pants down

Translations

caught off guard, unprepared, or in an embarrassing situation

Finnish: housut kintuissa
Russian: заста́ть враспло́х (zastátʹ vrasplóx)

Spanish: en paños menores
Swedish: tagen på sängen, med byxorna nere

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