living daylights

== English == === Alternative forms === beat the daylights out of, knock the daylights out of === Pronunciation === === Verb === knock the living daylights out of (third-person singular simple present knocks the living daylights out of, present participle knocking the living daylights out of, simple past and past participle knocked the living daylights out of) (idiomatic) To beat or strike someone. (idiomatic) To thoroughly and decisively defeat someone in a physical fight, especially by knocking out that person. (figurative) To greatly excel against (someone or something). ==== Synonyms ==== See Thesaurus:clobber