living daylights
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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 ● Sep. 23, 2025
“It scared the living daylights out of me,” he said.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 12, 2022
“This should scare the living daylights out of American citizens,” Mr. Scott said.
From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2022
Tuile cookies are notoriously difficult to make, so the idea of making them potentially more finicky by changing the recipe and adding quinoa scared the living daylights out of me.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2022
“Scare hell out of them, that's what, scare the living daylights out!”
From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
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