in short trousers

介词短语

英文释义

介词短语
  1. In childhood; as a child; when quite young (including nonliterally, e.g., as a young adult). idiomatic
    — Near-synonym: in diapers

词源

From an early 20th century practice of reserving short trousers only for small children.
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