beat the daylights out of



beat/knock the (living) daylights out of somebody

to hit someone very hard many times I'll knock the living daylights out of him if I catch him doing it again!
See also: beat, daylight, of, out

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
RikardREE-kahrd (Swedish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Pramod-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada
Melati-Indonesian, Malay
Adino-Biblical
Joie[dʒɔi]
Melpomene-Greek Mythology