| 单词 | to beat the daylights out of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto beat (also scare, etc.) the (living) daylights (also daylight) out of b. to beat (also scare, etc.) someone's daylights out, (now usually) to beat (also scare, etc.) the (living) daylights (also daylight) out of: to beat, scare, etc., with great severity or intensity.For the use of living as a general intensifier, see living adj. 9. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > beat [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person to-beatc893 threshOE bustc1225 to lay on or upon?c1225 berrya1250 to-bunea1250 touchc1330 arrayc1380 byfrapc1380 boxc1390 swinga1400 forbeatc1420 peal?a1425 routa1425 noddlea1450 forslinger1481 wipe1523 trima1529 baste1533 waulk1533 slip1535 peppera1550 bethwack1555 kembc1566 to beat (a person) black and blue1568 beswinge1568 paik1568 trounce1568 canvass1573 swaddle?1577 bebaste1582 besoop1589 bumfeage1589 dry-beat1589 feague1589 lamback1589 clapperclaw1590 thrash1593 belam1595 lam1595 beswaddle1598 bumfeagle1598 belabour1600 tew1600 flesh-baste1611 dust1612 feeze1612 mill1612 verberate1614 bethumpa1616 rebuke1619 bemaul1620 tabor1624 maula1627 batterfang1630 dry-baste1630 lambaste1637 thunder-thump1637 cullis1639 dry-banga1640 nuddle1640 sauce1651 feak1652 cotton1654 fustigate1656 brush1665 squab1668 raddle1677 to tan (a person's) hide1679 slam1691 bebump1694 to give (a person) his load1694 fag1699 towel1705 to kick a person's butt1741 fum1790 devel1807 bray1808 to beat (also scare, etc.) someone's daylights out1813 mug1818 to knock (a person) into the middle of next week1821 welt1823 hidea1825 slate1825 targe1825 wallop1825 pounce1827 to lay into1838 flake1841 muzzle1843 paste1846 looder1850 frail1851 snake1859 fettle1863 to do over1866 jacket1875 to knock seven kinds of —— out of (a person)1877 to take apart1880 splatter1881 to beat (knock, etc.) the tar out of1884 to —— the shit out of (a person or thing)1886 to do up1887 to —— (the) hell out of1887 to beat — bells out of a person1890 soak1892 to punch out1893 stoush1893 to work over1903 to beat up1907 to punch up1907 cream1929 shellac1930 to —— the bejesus out of (a person or thing)1931 duff1943 clobber1944 to fill in1948 to bash up1954 to —— seven shades of —— out of (a person or thing)1976 to —— seven shades out of (a person or thing)1983 beast1990 becurry- fan- the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > terrify [verb (transitive)] afearOE affrightOE breec1000 offrightlOE agastc1225 offearc1225 dreadc1250 agrisec1275 begallowc1320 ashunchc1325 adreadc1330 affrayc1330 fleya1400 grise1513 terrify1536 fray-bug1551 thunderbolta1586 fear-blast1593 gaster1593 hazen1593 terrorc1595 affrighten1615 ter-terrifya1618 flaite1642 pavefy1656 repall1687 hobgoblin1707 scarify1794 to scare the daylights out of1951 1813 J. Roby Jokeby i. xxxiii. 23 Might I not dash thy day-lights out, Ere thou could'st turn thyself about? 1842 Ladies' Garland Dec. 178/1 I wish I had hold of the little rascal, I'd shake his daylights out. 1848 E. Bennet Mike Fink i. 10/1 We'll catch the fever and ager,..and that'll shake the day-lights out o' us. 1923 R. D. Paine Comrades Rolling Ocean ii. 22 Putting seven of 'em in irons after they shot the daylights out of me left us mighty short-handed. 1944 E. Caldwell Tragic Ground (1947) xiv. 163 If I could find a stick I'd grab it and beat the daylights out of you. 1951 E. Taylor Game of Hide-and-seek ii. i. 174 Though they scared the daylight out of me, I contempted them. 1955 F. Yerby Treasure of Pleasant Valley (1956) iii. 36 Didn't mean to hit him... Meant to throw close to him and scare the living daylights out of him. 1985 D. Owoyele in C. Achebe & C. L. Innes Afr. Short Stories (1987) 25 ‘What did you do about it?’ ‘Beat the living daylights out of her,’ rasped Sule. 2003 F. Blassie & K. E. Greenberg Listen, you Pencil Neck Geeks 7 He had a merry fuckin' Christmas that year, slapping my daylights out with his big strap. 2011 Independent 15 Oct. 37/2 Technology scares the living daylights out of some people. < as lemmas |
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