living Идиома
eke out a living
knock the living daylights out of someone
living daylights
living end
make a living
the living daylights
the living end
earn a living
Industrious as he is， he can barely earn a living．他尽管勤勉也只能勉强维持生活。
earn/make a living
Industrious as he is， he can barely earn a living．他尽管勤勉也只能勉强维持生活。
not a living soul
Idiom(s): not a living soulTheme: NOBODY
nobody. (Informal. See some of the possible variations in the examples.)
• I won't tell anybody—not a living soul.
• I won't tell a living soul.
• They wouldn't think of telling a living soul.
every living soul
Idiom(s): every living soulTheme: EVERY
every person. (Informal.)
• I expect every living soul to be there and be there on time.
• This is the kind of problem that affects every living soul.
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 sbTheme: 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 sbTheme: 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
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 sbTheme: 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.
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.living end|end|living
adj., slang Great; fantastic; the ultimate. That show we saw last night was the living end.make a living|living|make
v. phr. To earn one's livelihood. If you're good at your job, you can make a better living than if you don't know what you're doing. It is easier to make a living in the United States than in many other countries.knock the living daylights out of
knock the living daylights out ofAlso, knock the shit or stuffing or tar out of. See beat the living daylights out of.
living
livingthe living
those that are still alive
living end, the
living end, theThe utmost in any situation, something quite extraordinary, as in When he threw the stereo out the window—well, that was the living end! or That performance was the living end. [Colloquial; late 1930s]
living soul
living soulA person. For example, Every living soul in this town has a stake in the decision to ban smoking, or The place was empty—not a living soul to be found. [First half of 1600s]
riotous living
riotous livingAn extravagant, dissolute lifestyle, as in Two years of riotous living, and they'd squandered the entire inheritance. This term was first recorded in 1389.
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