Keep Your Pants On

Also: Keep your shirt on Meaning of Idiom ‘Keep Your (or one’s) Pants On’ When someone is told to keep their pants on, it means they should be patient and wait calmly. ‘Keep your pants on’ is usually said to a person who is being impatient and seems agitated by having to wait. It is way … Read more

Hang On (or hang on to)

Also: Hang on to your hat Meaning of Idiom Hang On or Hang on to Hang on, when used alone can mean to persevere. When used this way it is similar to “hang in there.” Hang on can also mean to keep something. When used with this meaning, the object being kept is named, necessitating the … Read more

Get Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed, to

To get up on the wrong side of the bed is a very old saying, but it wasn’t always used figuratively. It’s been around since at least Roman times. Meaning of Idiom ‘Get Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed’ To get up on the wrong side of the bed means to start the day … Read more

Fall Off the Wagon

Also: On the wagon Off the wagon Go off the wagon Meaning of Idiom ‘Fall off the Wagon’ To be on the wagon means to be abstaining from alcohol or drugs, especially when one has an alcohol abuse problem. To fall off the wagon is to resume drinking after some period of time of abstaining. ,, Usage Fall off … Read more

Automatic Pilot, on

Also: On autopilot On automatic Meaning of Idiom ‘On Automatic Pilot’ To be on automatic pilot means to do something without thinking about it consciously; to do something in only a semi-conscious state.  Want to see more videos from Idioms.Online? Subscribe to our YouTube channel! Sentence Examples “The drive home was so long that by the … Read more