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Ants Pants Sit Extreme Restlessness Overactivity Easily Imagine

Idiom Ants in Your Pants
Example You never sit still. You must have ants in your pants.
Meaning extreme restlessness; overactivity
Origin We can easily imagine where this saying came from. What if you actually had ants in your pants? You'd find it difficult to settle down. You'd keep squirming to get rid of the ants.

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