APAD: Ants in pants

本帖于 2026-07-27 08:31:43 时间, 由普通用户 最西边的岛上 编辑

Ants in pants

Meaning:
- Be extremely restless, agitated or uneasy
- To be very excited or worried about something.
- Feel uneasy, impatient, or anxious.
- Unable to keep still.

Example:
- The young students just can’t sit still; they must have ants in their pants.
- She was very excited to be going to the party that night and had ants in her pants all day.

Source: theidioms.com
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What do you say about idiomatic Bob in the pic below: who carries the burden of a monkey on his back, with a frog in his throat, butterflies in his stomach and ants in his pants, but still manages to put on the smile of a Cheshire cat?  Is he a bird brain with eagle eye sight or the bee's knees?

I don't think Bob needs a vet either, we can help him unload his issues into APAD one by one, with getting rid of "ants in pants" first today. 

You are welcome, Bob. 握手握手

 

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The market certainly got some feeling ants in their pants. -7grizzly- 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 07/27/2026 postreply 09:39:23

Being conservative & always keep 15years living in cash+CD -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 07/27/2026 postreply 10:33:56

I haven’t looked the market 4 past 2 months;-) Just checked, -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 07/27/2026 postreply 10:36:09

Thx God, YTD of our portfolio is still in green -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 07/27/2026 postreply 10:37:10

Haha, a nice and interesting picture! -暖冬cool夏- 给 暖冬cool夏 发送悄悄话 暖冬cool夏 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 07/27/2026 postreply 10:15:10

Isn’t it? Thx 2 poor Bob,we’ll have more fun idioms coming~~ -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 07/27/2026 postreply 10:41:48

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