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Old November 02, 2018, 08:55 PM
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Question The living daylights out of someone
http://www.tomisimo.org/idioms/en/to...eone-3499.html

I know the meaning of this idiom and I have used it here and there... (well, look at my "signature"

Anybody knows the derivation of it?

How it came about?

Is the "daylights" originally referring to "your eyes"?

I understand "living" would be an intensifier, as in "the very"...

Any "light" that can be shed here will be greatly appreciated!
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