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
Lucilio-Italian
Misakimee-sah-keeJapanese
Amelina-Ancient Germanic
Ira (1)IE-rə (English)Biblical, English, Hebrew
Feofil-Russian
Melicent-English (Archaic)