Noun
kick in the pants (plural kicks in the pants)
(informal) A forceful reminder to start or get going.
That kid needs a kick in the pants to get his homework done today.
Synonyms: kick up the arse, kick in the rear
This is not a book in the ordinary sense of the word. No, this is a prolonged insult, a gob of spit in the face of art, a kick in the pants to God, Man, Destiny, Time, Love, Beauty... what you will. Henry Miller
Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way. Baltasar Gracián
I chose 1000 originally partly as a way to make sure that people that assumed HZ was 100 would get a swift kick in the pants. Linus Torvalds
This is not a book. This is libel, slander, defamation of character. This is not a book, in the ordinary sense of the word. No, this is a prolonged insult, a gob of spit in the face of Art, a kick in the pants to God, Man, Destiny, Time, Love, Beauty ... what you will. Henry Miller
Every ten years a man should give himself a good kick in the pants. Edward Steichen
Sometimes people need a kick in the pants to get them to do what they would be doing if government weren't there as a perpetual parent. Cal Thomas