knock the daylights out of someone

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!


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  • 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

  • knock the 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

  • 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

  • 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 .)   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • 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

  • 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 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

  • 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

  • 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

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