in short pants

in short pants

Very young or inexperienced. Usually used as an insult. I built this company from the ground up while these jerks from the bank were still in short pants!
See also: pant, short
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • wearing short pants
  • L2P
  • fire insults at (one)
  • hurl insults
  • hurl insults (at one)
  • new to the game
  • elbow aside
  • the jerks
  • jerks
  • fire questions, insults, etc. at somebody
References in periodicals archive
"To come to the Mass in short pants or jogging pants would be out of place and can be very improper and unbecoming [behaviour].
Lax dressing worries top bishop
If I had written this column after the Swedish game with Canada it would have been about how the whole country had been let down by a bunch of pampered millionaires in short pants who had no pride and less discipline.
If I had written this column the day we beat Belarus I would have forgiven the sins of our millionaires in short pants and been satisfied with a strong effort against the Americans.
Olympic notebook: Not bad on a 64-cent dollar!