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[pæn ]1) ((also panties) a short undergarment worn on the lower part of the body: a pair of pants.) cuecas2) ((American) trousers.) calças* * *[pænts] n pl 1 coll calças. 2 Amer coll ceroulas. in long pants amadurecido. in short pants imaturo. to bore the pants off aborrecer muitíssimo. to catch someone with his pants down pegar alguém desprevenido, pegar alguém de calça curta. to do something by the seat of one’s pants agir instintivamente. to scare the pants off apavorar, assustar tremendamente.
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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