/'deɪlaɪts; `de,laɪts/
n [pl] (idm 习语) beat/knock the (living) daylights out of sb (infml 口) beat sb very severely 狠打某人
*If I catch you stealing again, I'll beat the daylights out of you! 假如再让我逮着你偷东西, 看我怎么揍你! frighten/scare the (living) daylights out of sb (infml 口) frighten sb very much 使某人非常惊恐.