| 词组 | beat the pants off someone |
| 释义 | Idiom beat the pants off someone Theme: OVERCOME to win out over someone. (Informal. This has nothing to do with violence or removing pants.)In the footrace, Sally beat the pants off Jane.Tom beats the pants off Bob when it comes to writing poetry. Idiom beat the pants off someone Theme: ATTACK to beat someone severely. (Informal. Refers to physical violence, not the removal of someone's pants.)The thugs beat the pants off their victim.If you do that again, I'll beat the pants off you. beat the hell out of (one)1. To physically attack one, as with punches and other blows, such that they suffer significant injury. This phrase can be used both literally and hyperbolically. Our neighbor is in the hospital because a burglar beat the hell out of him. I'm worried that the captain of the football team will beat the hell out of me if he finds out that I'm secretly seeing his girlfriend. If you ever scare me like that again, I'll beat the hell out of you, I swear! 2. To defeat one decisively in a competition. The final score was 17-1? Wow, we really beat the hell out of that team! beat the pants off someoneorbeat someone's pants offINFORMALIf you beat the pants off someone or if you beat their pants off, you defeat them completely in a contest or competition. He brought out a chess board. `Now, Smith, I'm going to beat your pants off'. The non-academic children usually beat the pants off the rest at sport and technical work. |
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