1. The way people celebrate a major win, or new years eve, banging pots and pans together to make noise without the fireworks.
2. As an ice breaker in a greeting.
Hey man, great to see you again, pots and pans! Word order can be rearranged.
Describing somebody who is poor. Additionally, it can be used to describe anything that is poverty-stricken.
1) Look at that guy's jacket, he's totaly pots and pans
2) She broke up with him because she could not take his pots and pans lifestyle
3) Damn nigga it's pots and pans up in this bitch!
A phrase used in place of other older sayings like "shit happens" or "who knows". Meaning of the phrase can change depending on the context it is used in.