Fly by the seat of one's pants Idiom, Proverb

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.

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v. phr., slang To fly an airplane by feel and instinct rather than with the help of the instruments. Many pilots in World War I had to fly by the seat of their pants.

Fly by the bench of one's pants

If you fly by the bench of one's pants, you do article difficult alike admitting you don't accept the acquaintance or training required.

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v. phr., slang To fly an aeroplane by feel and aptitude rather than with the advice of the instruments. Many pilots in World War I had to fly by the bench of their pants.

fly by the bench of (one's) pants

To await on one's instinct, as against to acting according to a set plan. I absolutely don't apperceive how to accomplish this thing, I'm aloof aerial by the bench of my pants here. You can't aloof fly by the bench of your pants, Jenna—please accord your approaching some austere thought.Learn more: by, fly, of, pant, seat

fly by the bench of your pants

INFORMALIf you fly by the bench of your pants, you use your acumen and intelligence to do article that you accept never done before, in a way that is risky, because you accept no acquaintance or training to await on. `In the aboriginal year of trading we knew annihilation and were aerial by the bench of our pants,' Petti said. The accuracy is that all new parents fly by the bench of their pants and try to apprentice bound from experience. Note: You can additionally use seat-of-the-pants afore a noun. It had consistently been a seat-of-the-pants blazon of organization.Learn more: by, fly, of, pant, seat

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