daylights
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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"We had one of those massive alarms that comes through on the phone, which scares the living daylights out of you," he said.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026
“You hear ‘chemo,’ and it scares the daylights out of you,” Coulier told Kotb.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2024
“It scares the daylights out of me to see the numbers on the scale going up,” she said.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2024
“I chose tennis because I loved that you can just hit the living daylights out of the ball.”
From Washington Times • May 31, 2023
It is highly infective, lethally hot, a liquid that would scare the daylights out of a military biohazard specialist.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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