Idiom
beat the living daylights out of sb and beat the stuffing out of sb; beat the tar out of sb ;whale the tar out of sb
Theme: ATTACK
to beat or spank someone, probably a child. (Folksy.)If you do that again, I'll beat the living daylights out of you.The last time Bobby put the cat in the refrigerator, his mother beat the living daylights out of him.If you continue to act that way, I'll beat the tar out of you.He wouldn't stop, so I beat the stuffing out of him.He threatened to whale the tar out of each of them.