You scared the pants off (of) me.

You scared the pants off (of) me.
You scared the hell out of me. & You scared the crap out of me. & You scared the dickens out of me. & You scared the devil out of me. & You scared me out of my wits. & You scared the pants off (of) me.
You frightened me very badly. (Also with subjects other than second person.

Of

is usually retained before pronouns.) •

He scared the hell out of all of us.

She really scared the pants off of me.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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