scare the pants off

scare the pants off
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Australian slang. 2013.

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  • scare the pants off — (you) to frighten you very much. Spiders scare the pants off me. Usage notes: also used with other verbs to emphasize an extreme reaction: Sunbathing bores the pants off me. Hugh always beats the pants off me in tennis. Related vocabulary: scare… …   New idioms dictionary

  • scare the pants off — (someone) See at: caught with pants down …   New idioms dictionary

  • scare the pants off — (both informal) To frighten considerably ● scare …   Useful english dictionary

  • scare the pants off — [beat/bore/scare etc.] the pants off (someone) informal if someone or something beats, bores, scares etc. the pants off someone, they beat, bore, or scare them completely. I hate sunbathing. It bores the pants off me. Horror films scare the pants …   New idioms dictionary

  • scare the pants off you — scare the pants off (you) to frighten you very much. Spiders scare the pants off me. Usage notes: also used with other verbs to emphasize an extreme reaction: Sunbathing bores the pants off me. Hugh always beats the pants off me in tennis.… …   New idioms dictionary

  • scare the pants off someone — scare the pants off (someone) See at: caught with pants down …   New idioms dictionary

  • scare the pants off — ► scare (or bore etc.) the pants off informal make extremely scared, bored, etc. Main Entry: ↑pants …   English terms dictionary

  • scare the pants off someone — tv. to righten someone suddenly. □ The piano lid fell and scared the pants off my parents. □ It takes a lot to scare the pants off a hardened criminal …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • scare the pants off of — verb To scare or startle thoroughly. He liked the water rides, but the big roller coaster scared the pants off him …   Wiktionary

  • scare the pants off someone — bore/annoy/scare/etc the pants off someone informal phrase to make someone feel very bored, annoyed, scared etc Opera bores the pants off him. Thesaurus: to make someone feel a particular emotion or strong emotionssynonym …   Useful english dictionary

  • scare the pants off somebody — bore, scare, etc. the ˈpants off sb idiom (informal) to make sb extremely bored, frightened, etc. Main entry: ↑pantsidiom …   Useful english dictionary

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