Ever seen a colleague with just a bit too much confidence in their “brilliant” idea?
Like balancing their coffee mug on a yoga ball?
In German, we’ve got a perfect way to gently say what everyone else is thinking:
In die Hose gehen
(Literally: to go into the pants)
Picture a little kid who waits too long to pee because he’s having so much fun playing…
He holds it in… waits… and well — too late.
It all “goes into the pants.”
(Es geht in die Hose.)
Yep. This colorful image has become a full-blown idiom in German.
Use it when something seems destined to go wrong — but with a hint of dry humor.
- Das geht in die Hose!
→ This will be a complete flop
→ That’s going to fail
→ It’s not going to work out
Got it?
So here’s your action step:
Imagine your German-speaking colleague Karl-Udo walks in and proudly shows you the “perfect” new posture he invented for drinking his coffee.
Look at him and say, with a straight face:
- Das geht bestimmt in die Hose! (This will be a complete flop, for sure!)
And this is what it sounds like:
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