daylights Ⅰ ⇨ living daylights; daylights verb life; spirit. Ultimately from 'daylights' (the eyes) but here in the consequent sense, 'vitality' or 'vital organs' UK, 1960
idiomdaylightsbeat the (living) daylights out of sbto hit someone a lot and seriously hurt them:Frank was ready to go after Rigby and beat the living daylights out of him, and I could see why.Their Catholic mother sent the children to Mass, and their Protestant father beat the daylights out of them when they got home.scare/frighten the living daylights out of sbto frighten someone very much:The first time I met Matt he scared the living daylights out of me - well you know he's kind of weird-looking.We had a homeless man sleeping here once - it frightened the living daylights out of him when I opened the door.
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