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
Ferrer-Various
GrantGRANTEnglish, Scottish
ClementKLE-məntEnglish
Narges-Persian
Herleifr-Ancient Scandinavian
Yedidah-Biblical Hebrew