beat the pants off

Meaning: (transitive,idiomatic)Tothoroughlyanddecisivelydefeatsomeone, either in aphysicalfightor,figuratively, in acompetition.1987September 6, Bernard Weinraub, “Reagan Tells Congress to Shun Protectionism”, inNew York Times, retrieved16 August 2012:American workers can outcompete andbeat the pants offanybody, anywhere.1996June 3, John Greenwaldet al., “Magellan's New Direction”, inTime:Jeffrey Vinik, manager of the $56 billion Fidelity Magellan Fund, the world's largest and most closely watched mutual fund, "beat the pants offthe managers of other large funds," in the words of one analyst.2001June 24, Janice Castro, “Business”, inTime:Their counterparts in Canada, Europe and Japan made less than half as much, sometimes whilebeating the pants offthem in the marketplace.

Examples:

EN: After careful and scientific analysis... it is the opinion of the department of mathematics... that Yale University can beat the pants off Michigan.
ES: Tras un análisis meticuloso y científico... el departamento de matemáticas ha concluido... que la Universidad de Yale puede destrozar a Michigan.
EN: Everybody else I had to beat the pants off of first.
ES: A todos los demás tuve primero que molerlos a palos.
EN: Let's go over the top and beat the pants off the Navy!
ES: Vamos a hacerlo bien y a darle una paliza ala armada.
EN: Okay, come on, Briney, we'll beat the pants off them.
ES: - Ven, Brian.
EN: Bring your clubs some time. I'll beat the pants off you.
ES: Venga con sus palos algún día, le apuesto a que le gano.
EN: He'll start at $500 a game, and he'll beat the pants off you.
ES: El empezará con $500 por partido y te dejará sin un centavo.
EN: l'll beat the pants off you.
ES: Voy a acabar con usted.
EN: I hope we beat the pants off you.
ES: Espero que os demos una paliza.
EN: I'm gonna beat the pants off you, lady.
ES: Voy a darle una paliza, señorita.
EN: I bet I beat the pants off The Greek.
ES: Voy a apostar todo lo que ganamos en un juego de poker.
EN: And after that if you're really certain you want to retain custody then we'll go in there and beat the pants off them.
ES: Y luego si está seguro de que quiere la custodia iremos allí y ganaremos. ¿De acuerdo?
EN: If you don't, I'm gonna beat the pants off of ya!
ES: ¡Si no suben, les daré una buena tunda!
EN: I think we ought to be forthright, gracious, and magnanimous and say the Russians beat the pants off us.
ES: Creo que debemos ser... sinceros, nobles y magnanimos y decir: Los rusos nos han ganado.
EN: I'm gonna get myself a new partner and beat the pants off of you.
ES: Voy a llegar a mí mismo una nueva pareja y golpearon a los pantalones frente de ustedes.
EN: Those 4 weirdos beat the pants off us, Mr. shredder.
ES: Esos raros nos dieron una paliza, Sr. Destructor.

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