词汇 | fly by the seat of one-s pants |
词源 | fly by the seat of one’s pants. To fly a plane by instinct rather than by instruments. Originally a British Army Air Corps ex- pression from the 1930s, the term was soon applied to any work without formal guidance. Flier for an aviator is first re- corded in 1934. |
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