living daylights

Idioms  

1. see beat the living daylights.

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Example Sentences

"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

Baker played a villain in the 1987 James Bond movie “The Living Daylights,” featuring Timothy Dalton as Bond, and then CIA agent Jack Wade in two Bond films starring Pierce Brosnan: “GoldenEye” in 1995 and “Tomorrow Never Dies” in 1997.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From BBC

“I chose tennis because I loved that you can just hit the living daylights out of the ball.”

From Washington Times

Our first stop was the Living Daylights, an eco-farm, restaurant and bar in the jungle of Bonnie View Hill, Port Antonio, that has been open since 2018, aiming to offer guests “a piece of paradise,” with a focus on sustainability.

From New York Times