[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.

• bleeding heart
• bleed someone dry
• bleed something dry
• Bless cotton socks.
• blessed with
• blessed with something
• bless heart
• Bless her cotton socks.
• Bless his cotton socks.
• blessing in disguise
• bless you
• bless your heart
• blind alley
• blind date
• blind leading the blind
• blind someone with science
• blind spot
• blind with science
• block out
• block out something
• blood and guts
• blood and thunder
• blood boils
• blood brother
• bloodied but unbowed