living daylights
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“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
“It scares the living daylights out of me,” said Deep Barot, a Texas native and San Francisco-based angel investor in biotech, software and cryptocurrency companies.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 12, 2021
Instead, we got to see Harry Styles walk through an incredibly relaxed rendition of Watermelon Sugar, and Danielle Haim thrash the living daylights out of her drums on a spirited version of The Steps.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2021
“Scare hell out of them, that's what, scare the living daylights out!”
From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
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