Idiom

Idiom: Ze deden het in hun broek
Meaning: bang zijn
Dialect: Loois
ID: 1272

Properties

Gloss and translation

Mostly acceptable

Ze they deden do.PST.3PL het it in in hun their.SG.F broek pants

they were afraid, frightened (Lit.: they were shitting their pants)

Animacy of the open position: Inanimate
Direct object type: Definite
General structure: V DO Subj PP
Is the DO modified (by an adjective)?: No
Open position: DO
Aspect: Simple
Tense: Present
Voice: Active

Sentences

Mostly not acceptable

Het werd/is in hun broek gedaan.

Mostly acceptable

Ze doen het in hun broek.

Mostly not acceptable

Amai, in hun broek deden ze het zeker.