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
MaddyMAD-eeEnglish
Lara['lærə]
PhillisFIL-isEnglish
Winfrith-Anglo-Saxon (Latinized)
TrishTRISHEnglish
Yasmeen-Persian, Arabic