The news almost knocked the living daylights out of me.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
knock the living daylights out of — knock the (living) daylights out of see ↑daylight • • • Main Entry: ↑knock … Useful english dictionary
knock the living daylights out of — beat/knock the (living) daylights out of (someone) to hit someone very hard many times. I ll knock the living daylights out of him if I catch him doing it again! … New idioms dictionary
knock the living daylights out of someone — beat/knock the (living) daylights out of (someone) to hit someone very hard many times. I ll knock the living daylights out of him if I catch him doing it again! … New idioms dictionary
knock the (living) daylights out of somebody — beat/knock the (living) ˈdaylights out of sb idiom (informal) to hit sb very hard several times and hurt them very much • Get out or I ll beat the living daylights out of you! Main entry: ↑daylightsidiom … Useful english dictionary
knock the (living) daylights out of someone — beat/knock/the (living) daylights out of someone phrase to hit someone very hard many times so that you injure them seriously Thesaurus: to hit a personsynonym Main entry: daylights … Useful english dictionary
knock the living daylights out of — {v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal} To render (someone) unconscious (said in exaggeration). * /The news almost knocked the living daylights out of me./ … Dictionary of American idioms
knock the living daylights out of — {v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal} To render (someone) unconscious (said in exaggeration). * /The news almost knocked the living daylights out of me./ … Dictionary of American idioms
knock the living daylights out of smb — make someone unconscious The man knocked the living daylights out of his friend during the fight … Idioms and examples
knock the living daylights out of — verb To knock out; to hit and cause to be unconscious … Wiktionary
beat the living daylights out of — beat/knock the (living) daylights out of (someone) to hit someone very hard many times. I ll knock the living daylights out of him if I catch him doing it again! … New idioms dictionary
