Spiders scare the pants off me.
Sunbathing bores the pants off me.
Hugh always beats the pants off me in tennis.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
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 hell out of you — scare the hell out of (you) to make you feel extremely frightened. His idea of fun scares the hell out of me. Related vocabulary: scare the pants off you … New idioms dictionary
scare the hell out of — (you) to make you feel extremely frightened. His idea of fun scares the hell out of me. Related vocabulary: scare the pants off you … New idioms dictionary
scare you to death — scare (you) to death to make you feel extremely frightened. David suddenly appeared like a ghost in the doorway and scared me to death. Related vocabulary: scare the pants off you … New idioms dictionary
scare to death — scare (you) to death to make you feel extremely frightened. David suddenly appeared like a ghost in the doorway and scared me to death. Related vocabulary: scare the pants off you … New idioms dictionary
scare — scare1 [skeə US sker] v [Date: 1100 1200; : Old Norse; Origin: skirra, from skjarr shy, fearful ] 1.) [T] to make someone feel frightened = ↑frighten →↑afraid ▪ Loud noises can scare animals or birds. scare the life/living daylights/hell etc out… … Dictionary of contemporary English
pants — [[t]pæ̱nts[/t]] 1) N PLURAL: also a pair of N Pants are a piece of underwear which have two holes to put your legs through and elastic around the top to hold them up round your waist or hips. [BRIT] I wash and dry myself and put on my bra and… … English dictionary
scare — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ major, nasty, terrible ▪ a major health scare ▪ food, health ▪ AIDS … Collocations dictionary
scare — 1. verb stop it, you re scaring me Syn: frighten, startle, alarm, terrify, petrify, intimidate, terrorize, make afraid, make fearful, fill with fear, give someone a fright, panic, throw into a panic, shock, unnerve, cow; strike terror into, put … Thesaurus of popular words
The Tingler — Infobox film name = The Tingler caption = Pressbook ad for The Tingler director = William Castle producer = William Castle writer = Robb White starring = Vincent Price Judith Evelyn Darryl Hickman Patricia Cutts Philip Coolidge cinematography =… … Wikipedia
