[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 off me.

• get your hands dirty
• get your hands on
• get your hands on someone
• get your hands on something
• get your head around
• get your head around something
• get your head down
• get your hooks into
• get your hooks into someone
• get your hooks into something
• get your just deserts
• get your knickers in a twist
• get your leg over
• get your lines crossed
• get your marching orders
• get your mind around
• get your mind around something
• get your money's worth
• get your oats
• get your own back
• get your own house in order
• get your own way
• get your rocks off
• get your sea legs
• get your second wind