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beat/knock the (living) daylights out of someone to hit someone very hard many times. I'll knock the living daylights out of him if I catch him doing it again! daylight robbery (British, American & Australian, American & Australian) a situation in which you are charged much more for something than you think you should have to pay. Three pounds for an orange juice? It's daylight robbery! frighten/scare the (living) daylights out of someone to frighten someone very much. Don't come up behind me like that. You scared the living daylights out of me! in broad daylight if a crime is committed in broad daylight, it happens during the day when it could easily have been seen and prevented. The man was shot at close range in broad daylight in front of his house. See also: broad in broad daylight when anyone can see what is happening. These robberies took place in broad daylight and not one person has been arrested for them! Usage notes: often used to show great surprise that something evil could be done without any effort to hide it See also: broad |
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The consultant for the Pharmaceutical Researchers and Manufacturers of America, or PhRMA, "commissioned a thriller novel whose aim was to scare the living daylights out of folks who might want to buy cheap drugs from Canada, reports the New York Daily News. The greatest source of that love and support around her comes from her partner, Dale Fanning, who also happens to be her primary producer (besides Hsu-Li herself) and drummer, performing with her when he's not playing with his jazz trio, the Living Daylights. We see lots of folks on TV jumping into bed with each other at the drop of a hat, and lots of others beating the living daylights out of somebody--but we hardly ever see people just holding hands, or hugging for more than two seconds. |
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