Jim beat the pants off George in the swimming race.
Jack beat the pants off the two young men who were trying to hold him up in Central Park.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
beat the pants off — {v. phr.} 1. To prevail over someone in a race or competition. * /Jim beat the pants off George in the swimming race./ 2. To give someone a severe physical beating. * /Jack beat the pants off the two young men who were trying to hold him up in… … Dictionary of American idioms
beat the pants off — {v. phr.} 1. To prevail over someone in a race or competition. * /Jim beat the pants off George in the swimming race./ 2. To give someone a severe physical beating. * /Jack beat the pants off the two young men who were trying to hold him up in… … Dictionary of American idioms
beat the pants off — defeat by a large score, blow you away Ho plays table tennis very well; she ll beat the pants off you … English idioms
beat 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
Beat the pants off — beat convincingly … Dictionary of Australian slang
beat the pants off — Australian Slang beat convincingly … English dialects glossary
the pants off — informal used for emphasis after words like charm, scare, frighten, bore, and beat He can charm the pants off anybody. [=he is very charming] She scared the pants off us [=she scared us very badly] when she phoned at 3 a.m. The meeting bored the… … Useful english dictionary
beat the pants off — phrasal to defeat or surpass overwhelmingly … New Collegiate Dictionary
beat the pants off — informal prove to be vastly superior to … Useful english dictionary
[beat/bore/scare etc.] the pants off someone — [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
