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Beat the daylights out of someone What does Beat the daylights out of someone mean?
If someone beats the daylights out of another person, they hit them repeatedly.
('Knock' can also be used and it can be made even stronger by saying 'the living daylights'.)
This expression 'eye-wash' is generally used to cover up the anxiety of a person who is seeking a concrete reply or justification for an act or an event that had affected his personal image or caused him a loss. The affected person usually represents his case to the higher-ups and puts forth his demands for redressal. But the authority, in order to avoid embarassment to his organisation or to himself, is not in a position to expose the entire material or evidence which in turn tell upon the cre