in diapers
15
1.5
- idiom
- US
:
con pañales
- I've also been doing this since I was in diapers.
- child in diapers
We enjoy cars, you know, but Samson, he, he, he started following me to the gym, you know, in diapers.
- We enjoy cars, you know, but Samson, he, he, he started following me to the gym, you know, in diapers.
- I mean well I I have kids in diapers so if they fill up like do they ever like my piss?
Examples
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What are you, still in diapers?
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Tell them it's the same stuff they use in diapers.
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I, you know, I was in diapers watching you.
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Sugar, we all end up in diapers.
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The youngest, still in diapers, calls out, "Wait for me, Daddy, wait," until he sets her on his shoulders.
Fiction book (1999) -
I've known him since he was in diapers.
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And I miss seeing kids that I have known since they were in diapers, all grown up in tuxes.
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Homer's known Tommy since they were in diapers.
Fiction book (1992) -
During this time, maternal immunity is waning, and most children are still in diapers.
Academic text (2008) -
Many parents struggle with potty training their toddlers who are still in diapers.
Antonyms
How Toilet-Trained
- US
15
1.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'wearing diapers' is directly and literally derived from combining 'in' (indicating being clothed or contained within) with 'diaper' (the garment), so a learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE. This construction follows common clothing/state patterns in English (e.g., 'in pajamas') and is cross-linguistically transparent, making it immediately comprehensible at B1.
Etymology
In diapers comes from the simple image of a baby wearing diapers to stay clean and dry. Because only babies wear diapers, saying someone is in diapers means they are 'very young' or 'not yet toilet trained'.