með allt niður um sig

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með allt niður um sig

  1. to have one's pants & underwear around one's ankles (as if one is or has just been at the toilet)
    Hann hljóp út af kamrinum með allt niður um sig.He ran out of the outhouse with his pants still around his ankles.
  2. (idiomatic) to be utterly failing, to be doing a horrible job at one's tasks, for everything one is trying to do to be going comically wrong (often due to a lack of preparation)
    Samtökin eru með allt niður um sig.The organization is doing a comically bad job these days — they are ineffective and unprepared.

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