by the seat of pants

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• by the seat of pants — by the seat of (your) pants if you do something by the seat of your pants, you do it using your own experience and ability, without help from anyone else. We found our way by the seat of our pants, but if I ever did another jungle trek I d take a …   New idioms dictionary

• 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

• by the seat of your pants — see ↑seat, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑pants by the seat of your pants : by using your own judgment and feelings to deal with each new problem or task without planning, preparation, or help from others He was running the company by the seat of his pants …   Useful english dictionary

• by the seat of one's pants — See: FLY BY THE SEAT OF ONE S PANTS …   Dictionary of American idioms

• by the seat of one's pants — See: FLY BY THE SEAT OF ONE S PANTS …   Dictionary of American idioms

• by the seat of one's pants — phrasal : using experience and intuition rather than mechanical aids or formal theory navigating by the seat of his pants * * * (fly) by the seat of one s pants (to get through a difficult or dangerous situation) by a combination of… …   Useful english dictionary

• by the seat of your pants — by the seat of (your) pants if you do something by the seat of your pants, you do it using your own experience and ability, without help from anyone else. We found our way by the seat of our pants, but if I ever did another jungle trek I d take a …   New idioms dictionary

• fly by the seat of one's pants — phrasal slang : to fly an airplane by a sense of feeling without the aid of instruments * * * (fly) by the seat of one s pants (to get through a difficult or dangerous situation) by a combination of resourcefulness and sheer luck • • • Main Entry …   Useful english dictionary

• (flying) by the seat of your pants — phrase using only your judgment and skill, when you are doing something new and you cannot use your previous experience We started the business in 1996, and for the first couple of years we were flying by the seat of our pants. Thesaurus: having… …   Useful english dictionary

• fly by the seat of your 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 by the seat of one's pants — If you fly by the seat of one s pants, you do something difficult even though you don t have the experience or training required …   The small dictionary of idiomes