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daylights

British

/ ˈdeɪˌlaɪts /

plural noun

consciousness or wits (esp in the phrases scare, knock, or beat the ( living ) daylights out of someone )

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"The continuing brainwashing of 'you can only play in this way', up until recently scared the living daylights out of coaches, particularly young coaches," he says.

From BBC

"It scared the daylights out of me," he said.

From BBC

"It frightened the living daylights out of me," he said.

From BBC

“It scares the daylights out of me to see the numbers on the scale going up,” she said.

From Seattle Times

At the most wonderful time of the year, there is one tradition that John Maguire remembers fondly: his Liverpudlian grandmother trying to scare the daylights out of him.

From New York Times

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