daylights
Scared-out-of-you wits
Daylights appears almost exclusively in two idioms.
To beat the living daylights out of someone is to thrash them severely.
To scare the daylights out of someone is to frighten them badly.
The daylights here vaguely suggest vital essence or consciousness—something that can be knocked or frightened out of a person.
sunrise
Morning light's arrival
early · brightness · sunshine · awakening · rooster · coffee · commute · twilight · horizon · eastern
scare
Cause sudden fright
punch · startle · terrify · shock · pummel · thrash · wallop · intimidate · alarm · jolt
daylightsnights
Hours of darkness
nighttimes · darks · darknesses · dusks · twilights
daylightsoblivion
Complete erasure from memory
unconsciousness · insensibility · stupor · darkness · blackout
- broad daylightFully visible daytime conditions
- in broad daylightPlainly visible to all
- daylight savingsSeasonal hour adjustment
- daylight savings timeSeasonal clock advancement