let daylight through



let daylight through

Shoot or stab a person, especially fatally. For example, Stick up your hands or I'll let daylight through you. This idiom alludes to making a hole in someone's body. [Slang; early 1700s]
See also: daylight, let

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Seeta-Indian, Hindi
VilppuVEELP-pooFinnish
Pilib-Irish
Aliaksandr-Belarusian
Bettina (1)be-TEE-nahGerman
ChÍ-Vietnamese