1especially American EnglishAmEDCC a piece of clothing that covers you from your waist to your feet and has a separate part for each leg (长)裤子SYN British English trousers
She was wearing dark blue pants and a white sweater.
3bore/scare etc the pants off somebodyinformal spokenLOT/VERY MUCH to make someone feel very bored, very frightened etc 把某人烦死/吓死等
She always bores the pants off me.
她总是让我厌烦透顶。
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bore/scare etc the pants off somebody• Though, mind you, it scares the pants offpoor old Crumwallis.• The testsscare the pants off many managers.• It took ten minutes to reach HoneyCottage, with Yanto trying his best to scare the pants off Mary.• He wasn't interested in the heavy political stuff which bored the pants off most people.• Lovely people who scared the pants off him.
4.beat the pants off somebodyAmerican EnglishAmE spoken to defeat someone very easily in a game or competition 〔比赛中〕轻易打败某人SYN thrash
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beat the pants off somebody• He is aware of his competitors-and he beats the pants off them.• She beat the pants off me last time we played.
5somebody puts his pants on one leg at a timeAmerican EnglishAmE spokenSAME used to say that someone is just like everyone else 某人也是个普通人
Go on, ask him for his autograph – he puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you do.
去吧,跟他要一个签名——他和你一样,没什么特别的。
6(since somebody was) in short pantsBritish EnglishBrE informalYOUNG since someone was a very youngboy (自从某人)还是小孩,未成年
I’ve known Eric since he was in short pants.
埃里克很小的时候我就认识他了。
→ do something by the seat of your pantsat seat1(10), → catch somebody with their pants downat catch1(6), → wear the pants/trousersat wear1(7)