britches

Example Sentences

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The Bengals spent less than one year in their underdog Underoos before becoming too big for their britches.

From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2023

Yes, it triggers my happy Thanksgiving memories of being at my grandparents house with my cousins and aunts and uncles, riding horses and standing by the fire until my britches got hot to the touch.

From Salon • Nov. 23, 2022

He’s… let’s see here… so crooked he has to unscrew his britches at night, if not slicker than a boiled onion.

From Slate • May 25, 2022

With a single withering remark, he can cut the legs out from under one of his adult children grown too big for their britches.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2021

“Mah britches is just as long as his. But dat wife uh hisn! Ah’m uh son of uh Combunction if Ah don’t go tuh Georgy and git me one just like her.”

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston