kick in the seat of the pants



kick in the (seat of the) pants

and kick in the ass and kick in the butt and kick in the teeth and kick in the rear
n. a strong message of encouragement or a demand. (Usually objectionable.) All he needs is a kick in the seat of the pants to get him going. A kick in the teeth ought to wake them up and get them moving.
See also: kick, of, pant, seat

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Yirmiyahu-Biblical Hebrew
Vercingetorixwer-keeng-GE-to-reeks (Ancient Roman), vur-sin-JET-ə-riks (English)Ancient Celtic
Fridumar-Ancient Germanic
Yudel-Yiddish
Martijn-Dutch
Satomisah-to-meeJapanese