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adverb

le doigt sur la couture du pantalon

/lə dwa syʁ la ku.tyʁ dy pɑ̃.ta.lɔ̃/

adverb/lə dwa syʁ la ku.tyʁ dy pɑ̃.ta.lɔ̃/

standing at attention; obediently, submissively, meekly

Literally, “[with] the finger on the seam of one's pants”.