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sandworm101
on Jan 2, 2022
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What’s the Difference Between American English and...
"Pants" can also mean that something is ridiculous. There was story a while ago about a Chinese building that looked like a pair of trousers. "The building is pants" means that the building is silly, not just that it looks like pants.
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-20526220
joncrocks
on Jan 2, 2022
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It's more like rubbish/bad/not very good.
kingcharles
on Jan 2, 2022
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This. "Pants" as an adjective is a synonym for "rubbish".
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