| 单词 | to beat the pants off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto beat (also bore, scare, etc.) the pants off (a person) c. to beat (also bore, scare, etc.) the pants off (a person): to beat (bore, scare, etc.) completely, utterly, or beyond the point of endurance. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > frighten [verb (transitive)] > greatly to scare (also beat, etc.) the (liver and) lights out of (a person or thing)1868 to beat (also bore, scare, etc.) the pants off (a person)1925 the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > be or become wearied or bored with [verb (transitive)] > affect with weariness or tedium > to extremity to tire out1711 tire to death1740 to beat (also bore, scare, etc.) the pants off (a person)1925 1925 J. Dos Passos Manhattan Transfer ii. v. 232 Maybe when the Germans have licked the pants off her England'll give Ireland her freedom. 1934 E. Waugh Handful of Dust iii. 133 She bores my pants off, but she's a good trier. 1934 G. S. Kaufman & M. Hart Merrily we roll Along ii. i. 102 I'm coming down there some day and beat the pants off you boys at chess. 1956 ‘B. Holiday’ & W. Dufty Lady sings Blues i. 15 Once a girl hit me on the nose and it just about finished me. I took my gloves off and beat the pants off her. 1986 Auckland Metro Feb. 50/2 He charms the pants off a distributor then you follow up with the tough guys. 1992 Elle Jan. 45/1 There are..certain public figures that irritate the pants off us. < as lemmas |
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