Смысл: daylight

daylight[ʹdeılaıt]
n
<Í> 1. дневной свет; солнечный свет, естественное освещение; светлое время суток
in broad daylight - а) при дневном свете, в ярком освещении; б) открыто, публично
2. рассвет, день
at daylight - на рассвете
to get up at daylight - вставать с зарёй
before daylight - до рассвета, затемно
to work from daylight till dark - работать от зари до зари /с утра до вечера/
3. просвет (между двумя предметами)
4. гласность; осведомлённость
to let daylight into smth. - предать что-л. гласности
to throw daylight upon smth. - проливать свет на что-л.
5. pl сл. «гляделки», «зенки»
to darken smb.'s daylight - подбить кому-л. глаз, поставить кому-л. фонарь под глазом
♢ as clear as daylight - ясный как день
to see daylight - видеть выход из положения, наконец-то понять /постичь/
to burn daylight - уст. а) жечь свечи /свет/ днём; б) даром терять время, попусту растрачивать силы
to frighten /to scape/ the daylights out of smb. - напугать кого-л. до смерти
to beat the daylights out of smb. - забить кого-л. до полусмерти
to let daylight into /through/ smb. - пристрелить /заколоть/ кого-л.
no daylights! - амер. наливай полнее!

daylight Идиома

broad daylight

(See in broad daylight)

in broad daylight

easy to see, not trying to hide The man undressed right there on the street - in broad daylight.

knock the living daylights out of someone

make someone unconscious The man knocked the living daylights out of his friend during the fight.

living daylights

(See the living daylights)

scare the daylights out of someone

frighten very much Falling off her bicycle scared the daylights out of her.

the living daylights

the life, the consciousness When that dog barked, it scared the living daylights out of me.

daylight robbery

Idiom(s): daylight robbery

Theme: COMMERCE

the practice of blatantly or grossly overcharging.
• It's daylight robbery to charge that amount of money for a hotel room!
• The cost of renting a car at that place is daylight robbery.

begin to see daylight

Idiom(s): begin to see daylight

Theme: ENDINGS

to begin to see the end of a long task.
• I've been working on my thesis for two years, and at last I'm beginning to see daylight.
• I've been so busy. Only in the last week have I begun to see daylight.

beat the living daylights out of

Idiom(s): beat the living daylights out of sb AND beat the stuffing out of sb beat the tar out of sb whale the tar out of sb

Theme: ATTACK

to beat or spank someone, probably a child. (Folksy.)
• If you do that again, I'll beat the living daylights out of you.
• The last time Bobby put the cat in the refrigerator, his mother beat the living daylights out of him.
• If you continue to act that way, I'll beat the tar out of you.
• He wouldn't stop, so I beat the stuffing out of him.
• He threatened to whale the tar out of each of them.

scare the living daylights out of

Idiom(s): frighten the wits out of sb AND frighten the living daylights out of sb; scare the living daylights out of sb; scare the wits out of sb

Theme: FRIGHT

to frighten someone very badly. (The living can be left out.)
• We nearly had an accident. It frightened the living daylights out of me.
• The incident scared the wits out of me.

frighten the living daylights out of

Beat the daylights out of someone

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'.)

daylight saving time|daylight|daylight saving|dayl

n. A way of keeping time in summer that is one or two hours ahead of standard time.

Abbreviation DST. Many places in the United States keep their clocks on daylight saving time in the summer; in this way people get up earlier and have more free time in the afternoon and evening while it is still daylight. Father said that next week it will get dark later because we will change to daylight saving lime. We go off daylight saving in the fall.
Compare: CENTRAL TIME.
Antonym: STANDARD TIME.

knock the living daylights out of|daylights|knock|

v. phr., slang, informal To render (someone) unconscious (said in exaggeration). The news almost knocked the living daylights out of me.

scare out of one's wits|daylights|out of one's wit

v. phr., informal To frighten very much. The owl's hooting scared him out of his wits. The child was scared stiff in the dentist's chair. Pete's ghost story scared the daylights out of the smaller boys.

daylight

daylight
In addition to the idiom beginning with daylight, also see beat the living daylights out of; begin to see daylight; broad daylight; let daylight through; scare out of one's wits.

knock the living daylights out of

knock the living daylights out of
Also, knock the shit or stuffing or tar out of. See beat the living daylights out of.

let daylight through

let daylight through
or into
Shoot or stab a person, especially fatally. For example, Stick up your hands or I'll let daylight through you. This idiom alludes to making a hole in someone's body. [Slang; early 1700s]

see daylight

see daylight
see begin to see daylight.

More Idioms/Phrases

secret security see beyond one's nose see daylight see one's way to see reason

English Vocalbulary

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