easy to see, not trying to hide The man undressed right there on the street - in broad daylight.
knock the living daylights out of someone
make someone unconscious The man knocked the living daylights out of his friend during the fight.
living daylights
(See the living daylights)
scare the daylights out of someone
frighten very much Falling off her bicycle scared the daylights out of her.
the living daylights
the life, the consciousness When that dog barked, it scared the living daylights out of me.
daylight robbery
Idiom(s): daylight robbery
Theme: COMMERCE
the practice of blatantly or grossly overcharging. • It's daylight robbery to charge that amount of money for a hotel room! • The cost of renting a car at that place is daylight robbery.
begin to see daylight
Idiom(s): begin to see daylight
Theme: ENDINGS
to begin to see the end of a long task. • I've been working on my thesis for two years, and at last I'm beginning to see daylight. • I've been so busy. Only in the last week have I begun to see daylight.
beat the living daylights out of
Idiom(s): beat the living daylights out of sb AND beat the stuffing out of sb beat the tar out of sb whale the tar out of sb
Theme: ATTACK
to beat or spank someone, probably a child. (Folksy.) • If you do that again, I'll beat the living daylights out of you. • The last time Bobby put the cat in the refrigerator, his mother beat the living daylights out of him. • If you continue to act that way, I'll beat the tar out of you. • He wouldn't stop, so I beat the stuffing out of him. • He threatened to whale the tar out of each of them.
scare the living daylights out of
Idiom(s): frighten the wits out of sb AND frighten the living daylights out of sb; scare the living daylights out of sb; scare the wits out of sb
Theme: FRIGHT
to frighten someone very badly. (The living can be left out.) • We nearly had an accident. It frightened the living daylights out of me. • The incident scared the wits out of me.
burn daylight
To decay time or procrastinate. Come on, let's get started on our hike—we're afire aurora aloof continuing about here!Learn more: burn, daylight
burn daylight
use bogus ablaze in daytime; decay daylight.Learn more: burn, daylightLearn more:
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