daylights

Example Sentences

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If there were any wild hogs around, he could scare the daylights out of them with his deep voice.

From Literature

“Of course she is. You scared the living daylights out of both of us.”

From Literature

She gasps in surprise and spins around, like I’ve scared the daylights out of her.

From Literature

"The continuing brainwashing of 'you can only play in this way', up until recently scared the living daylights out of coaches, particularly young coaches," he says.

From BBC

"It scared the daylights out of me," he said.

From BBC