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beat the livin' daylights outta ya

To beat someone severely.

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  • LiVer aND LighTS => LiViN’ DayLighTS, where "liver" is the most dense body part and "lights" was an Old English word for lungs, the least dense body part. The meaning was figurative. The word “lights” is still used to refer to sheep lungs.
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