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
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 • Dec. 20, 2023
She gasps in surprise and spins around, like I’ve scared the daylights out of her.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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