pee one's pants

Lose bladder control

To pee one's pants is to urinate in one's clothing, typically from loss of bladder control due to fear, laughter, or excitement: I laughed so hard I almost peed my pants.

The phrase is often hyperbolic, emphasizing intensity of emotion rather than literal incontinence.

Also *piss one's pants*, which is cruder.

Related

wet · wet yourself · potty training · sweating bullets · fear · embarrassment · hide · slapstick comedy · loss of control · scared stiff · fight or flight · idiom · euphemism · public humiliation · joy · laughter · laugh so hard · die laughing

Opposites
bladder control

pee one's pantshold it

Command to pause

hold one's water · contain oneself · wait it out

social composure

pee one's pantskeep it together

Maintain composure under pressure

Family

pants, pees, peeing, pant, panted, panting

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG