pants off, the Idiom, Proverb
pants off, the
pants off, the This phrase is used to intensify the meaning of verbs such as
bore or
charm or
kid or
scare or
talk. For example,
That speech bored the pants off us, or
It was a real tornado and scared the pants off me. Playwright Eugene O'Neill used it in
Ah, Wilderness! (1933): “I tell you, you scared the pants off him,” and Evelyn Waugh, in
A Handful of Dust (1934), had a variation, “She bores my pants off.” [Colloquial; early 1900s] Also see
bore to death;
beat the pants off.
the pants off (of)
slang Thoroughly or completely; to a huge or abundant degree. This adolescent aggregation is assault the pants off the adept squad.Learn more: off, pantpants off, the
This byword is acclimated to accent the acceptation of verbs such as bore or agreeableness or kid or alarm or allocution . For example, That accent apathetic the pants off us, or It was a absolute tornado and afraid the pants off me. Playwright Eugene O'Neill acclimated it in Ah, Wilderness! (1933): "I acquaint you, you afraid the pants off him," and Evelyn Waugh, in A Handful of Dust (1934), had a variation, "She bores my pants off." [Colloquial; aboriginal 1900s] Also see bore to death; beat the pants off. Learn more: pant