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to fill one's pants

to fill one's pants

9.9
To be so frightened that you almost wet yourself
  • idiom
  • NSFW
translation icon : hacerse pis del miedo
  • When the thunderstorm hit, he was so frightened he almost filled his pants.

Examples

  • I filled my pants when I saw that spider!

  • Did you really fill your pants during the horror movie?

  • During the surprise fire drill, she thought she might fill her pants from the shock.

  • Some people joke that bungee jumping made them fill their pants the first time.

  • When the unexpected loud noise occurred, she was so startled that she almost filled her pants.

  • He joked that watching the scary scene made him fill his pants with fear.

  • During the haunted house tour, many visitors claimed they would fill their pants if they saw a ghost.

Synonyms

to shit oneself
vsto fill one's pants
  • Offensive
7 9.9

To feel very frightened or surprised and often accidentally poop yourself

includes the emotional state of extreme fear rather than only bodily loss
to crap one's pants
vsto fill one's pants
  • Offensive
1 9.9

To feel very scared and almost lose control of your body

is a broader phrase for intense fear not only physical loss
to poop in one's pants
vsto fill one's pants
  • NSFW
1 9.9

To accidentally pass solid waste into your underwear because of fear or sickness

refers to strong fear generally rather than the literal accident
to go shit oneself
vsto fill one's pants
  • Offensive
9.9

To suddenly become very shocked or frightened

is used for intense fear generally, not only sudden startle
to soil oneself
vsto fill one's pants
  • NSFW
9.9

To accidentally pee or poo in your clothes because you are very scared

focuses on being extremely frightened rather than on the physical accident
to poop oneself
vsto fill one's pants
  • NSFW
9.7

To accidentally dirty your clothes with waste from your body because of fear, shock, or strong excitement

emphasizes the emotional shock more than the bodily result
to shat one's pants
vsto fill one's pants
  • Offensive
9.9

Poop in your clothes by accident because you are very scared or shocked

speaks of extreme fright more than the mere physical event
to wet one's pants
vsto fill one's pants
  • NSFW
8.6

To accidentally pee in your clothes from fear, laughter, or embarrassment

focuses on extreme shock or fear more than on urination
to pee one's pants
vsto fill one's pants
  • Informal
8.4

To accidentally wet your clothes because you feel very scared, very excited, or laugh too hard

means strong fright generally rather than the bodily leakage

Antonyms

calm
735 1.0

Not showing strong feelings and being very still

to keep it together
  • Informal
27 5.4

To stay calm and control your feelings in a difficult situation

How Scared

to fill one's pants
  • NSFW
9.9
to terrify
148 3.2
to frighten
540 1.0
to alarm
133 1.9
to startle
131 3.7

Surface Forms

fill one's pants infinitive
filled one's pants past
filled one's pants past participle
filling one's pants present participle
fills one's pants third person singular

Morphology

fill + one + pant

The literal parts 'fill' (to put contents into) and 'pants' (trousers) make a listener able to infer a literal sense of filling one’s trousers (e.g., with urine), so a B1 learner could plausibly guess a bodily-loss meaning. However, the conventionalized use meaning 'be extremely frightened' (often euphemistically) is an informal/taboo extension and not fully predictable from the constituents alone, so it requires some cultural/pragmatic exposure.

Etymology

The phrase fill one's pants comes from a plain image: a person so scared they fill their pants by accident. That's why it now means 'to be extremely frightened'.