beat the living daylights out of someone
- beat the living daylights out of someone
beat the hell out of someone & beat the living daylights out of someone & beat the pants off (of) someone & beat the shit out of someone & beat the socks off (of) someone & beat the stuffing out of someone & beat the tar out of someone
1. Fig. to defeat someone very badly. (Caution: the use of the word
shit
is considered vulgar and is offensive to many people.
Of
is usually retained before pronouns.) •
Our team beat the hell out of the other side.
•
We beat the stuffing out of the other side.
2. Fig. Inf. to batter someone severely. (Alludes to physical violence, not the removal of someone's pants.
Of
is usually retained before pronouns.) •
The thugs beat the living daylights out of their victim.
•
If you do that again, I'll beat the pants off of you.
•
Before the boxing match Max said he would beat the socks off Lefty.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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beat the living daylights out of someone — beat/knock the (living) daylights out of (someone) to hit someone very hard many times. I ll knock the living daylights out of him if I catch him doing it again! … New idioms dictionary
beat the (living) daylights out of someone — beat/knock/the (living) daylights out of someone phrase to hit someone very hard many times so that you injure them seriously Thesaurus: to hit a personsynonym Main entry: daylights … Useful english dictionary
beat the living daylights out of — beat/knock the (living) daylights out of (someone) to hit someone very hard many times. I ll knock the living daylights out of him if I catch him doing it again! … New idioms dictionary
knock the living daylights out of someone — beat/knock the (living) daylights out of (someone) to hit someone very hard many times. I ll knock the living daylights out of him if I catch him doing it again! … New idioms dictionary
knock the (living) daylights out of someone — beat/knock/the (living) daylights out of someone phrase to hit someone very hard many times so that you injure them seriously Thesaurus: to hit a personsynonym Main entry: daylights … Useful english dictionary
—— the living daylights out of — do the specified thing to (someone) with great severity: he beat the living daylights out of them. → daylight … English new terms dictionary
knock the living daylights out of — beat/knock the (living) daylights out of (someone) to hit someone very hard many times. I ll knock the living daylights out of him if I catch him doing it again! … New idioms dictionary
The Living Daylights (disambiguation) — The Living Daylights refers to the phrase to scare or beat the living daylights out of someone , ie. frighten or injure them to an extreme extent.It may refer to the following James Bond related articles:* The Living Daylights , the James Bond… … Wikipedia
beat the daylights out of someone — beat/knock the (living) daylights out of (someone) to hit someone very hard many times. I ll knock the living daylights out of him if I catch him doing it again! … New idioms dictionary
knock the daylights out of someone — beat/knock the (living) daylights out of (someone) to hit someone very hard many times. I ll knock the living daylights out of him if I catch him doing it again! … New idioms dictionary
beat the daylights out of someone — If someone beats the daylights out of another person, they hit them repeatedly. ( Knock can also be used and it can be made even stronger by saying the living daylights .) … The small dictionary of idiomes
