pants on fire

1. to lie so badly that, theoretically your pants will burst into flames. popularized by the kindergarten chant, "liar liar pants on fire!".
2. to be painfully gay.

Liar Liar Pants On Fire is a phrase that children like to scream at each other whenever they think the other is lying. They also like to scream it at adults who tell them stories about fairies. It is an overall stupid thing to say, since if your pants actually caught on fire when you lied, more politicians would be dead.

"Liar Liar Pants On Fire" is a playground taunt that is used to indicate each other whenever they think the other is lying.

It refers to the fact "fibbing" is consider naughty, and pants/bottom 'on fire' is an euphemism for spanking.

In my experience when I was growing up," Liar Liar Pants On Fire" refereed to the ass whipping you would get if your parents caught you lying.You felt like your pants were on fire afterwards

A Chant normally used by children to indicate they think someone is lying.
The full phrase is "Liar, liar, pants on fire. Hangin' on a telephone wire".
It is a paraphrase form an 1810 poem by William Blake titled "The Liar".

Being from newfoundland, we have a strong British heritage. I always understood it to be a reference to witches burning at the stake. Your pants or skirts would be the first thing to catch fire.

" teller of untruths, your trousers have combusted." <- greatest translation error ever!!!!