put one's pants on one leg at a time en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) To be an ordinary person; to be a mere mortal.
Easy guys, I put my pants on just like the rest of you, one leg at a time…except, once my pants are on, I make gold records.
2000 April 8, “More Cowbell”, in Saturday Night Live, season 25, episode 6 (television series), spoken by The Bruce Dickinson (Christopher Walken):One night while we were eating Chinese before a gig in Miami Beach, I asked Amy if there was any one question she was never asked during the Q-and-A that follows almost every writer's talk—that question you never get to answer when you're standing in front of a group of author-struck fans and pretending you don't put your pants on one leg at a time like everyone else.
2000, Stephen King, “First Foreword”, in On Writing:Remember, he puts his pants on one leg at a time, just like you.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| put on one's pants one leg at a time | alternative | lexicographic | |
| puts one's pants on one leg at a time | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| putting one's pants on one leg at a time | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| put one's pants on one leg at a time | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| put one's pants on one leg at a time | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| put one's trousers on one leg at a time | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (4)
fi olla vain ihminen (be an ordinary person) · de auch nur mit Wasser kochen (be an ordinary person) · fr chier comme tout le monde (be an ordinary person) · cmn 跟普通人一樣 /跟普通人一样 (be an ordinary person)