pants without a crotch opening; collusion; being in cahoots
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pants without a crotch opening
neutralLiterally refers to pants or trousers sewn closed at the crotch, in contrast to '开裆裤' (split pants) traditionally worn by young children.
Children nowadays don't wear split pants anymore; they wear closed-crotch pants directly.
This kind of closed-crotch pants is not very convenient for toddlers learning to use the toilet.
noun
collusion; being in cahoots; mutual covering-up
informalA metaphorical idiom. Describes a situation where two or more parties act together in a dishonest or conspiratorial way, protecting each other's interests, as if sharing the same pair of pants.
One of them is in charge of procurement, the other is in charge of approval; they're practically wearing the same pair of pants (colluding closely).
This corruption case exposed the problem of collusion between officials and businessmen.
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Stop defending him; everyone knows you two are in cahoots.