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1 daylight
A n1 ( light) jour m, lumière f du jour ; it was still daylight il faisait encore jour ; we have two hours of daylight left on a encore deux heures avant la tombée de la nuit ; in (the) daylight ( by day) de jour ; ( in natural light) à la lumière du jour ;2 ( dawn) lever m du jour, point m du jour ; they left before daylight ils sont partis avant le lever du jour.to see daylight ( understand) y voir clair ; ( finish) voir le bout du tunnel ; to beat ou knock the living daylights out of sb ○ tabasser ○ qn ; I'll beat ou knock the living daylights out of you ○ ! je vais te flanquer une (bonne) raclée ○ ! -
2 daylight
daylight [ˈdeɪlaɪt]* * *['deɪlaɪt] 1.1) ( light) jour m, lumière f du jourin (the) daylight — ( by day) de jour; ( in natural light) à la lumière du jour
2) ( dawn) lever m du jour, point m du jour2.noun modifier de jour -
3 daylight
daylight ['deɪlaɪt]∎ before daylight avant l'aube(b) (light of day) jour m, lumière f du jour;∎ it was still daylight il faisait encore jour;∎ in daylight de jour;∎ in broad daylight en plein jour;∎ daylight hours heures durant lesquelles il fait jour;∎ figurative to put daylight between oneself and sb distancer qn;∎ to put daylight between two teams creuser l'écart entre deux équipes;∎ figurative to begin to see daylight (approach end of task) commencer à voir le bout (du tunnel); (begin to understand) commencer à voir clair;∎ familiar it's daylight robbery c'est du vol pur et simple∎ to beat or to thrash or to knock the living daylights out of sb tabasser qn;∎ familiar to scare or to frighten the living daylights out of sb flanquer une trouille bleue à qn►► daylight saving (time) heure f d'été
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knock the (living) daylights out of somebody — beat/knock the (living) ˈdaylights out of sb idiom (informal) to hit sb very hard several times and hurt them very much • Get out or I ll beat the living daylights out of you! Main entry: ↑daylightsidiom … Useful english dictionary
knock the living daylights out of someone — beat/knock the (living) daylights out of (someone) to hit someone very hard many times. I ll knock the living daylights out of him if I catch him doing it again! … New idioms dictionary
knock the living daylights out of — beat/knock the (living) daylights out of (someone) to hit someone very hard many times. I ll knock the living daylights out of him if I catch him doing it again! … New idioms dictionary
knock the (living) daylights out of someone — beat/knock/the (living) daylights out of someone phrase to hit someone very hard many times so that you injure them seriously Thesaurus: to hit a personsynonym Main entry: daylights … Useful english dictionary
beat the living daylights out of someone — beat/knock the (living) daylights out of (someone) to hit someone very hard many times. I ll knock the living daylights out of him if I catch him doing it again! … New idioms dictionary
beat the living daylights out of — beat/knock the (living) daylights out of (someone) to hit someone very hard many times. I ll knock the living daylights out of him if I catch him doing it again! … New idioms dictionary
beat the (living) daylights out of somebody — beat/knock the (living) ˈdaylights out of sb idiom (informal) to hit sb very hard several times and hurt them very much • Get out or I ll beat the living daylights out of you! Main entry: ↑daylightsidiom … Useful english dictionary
beat the (living) daylights out of someone — beat/knock/the (living) daylights out of someone phrase to hit someone very hard many times so that you injure them seriously Thesaurus: to hit a personsynonym Main entry: daylights … Useful english dictionary
beat/knock the (living) daylights — If a person beats the (living) daylights out of another, they hit them very hard and repeatedly. If I catch you stealing again I ll beat the daylights out of you! … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
beat the daylights out of someone — beat/knock the (living) daylights out of (someone) to hit someone very hard many times. I ll knock the living daylights out of him if I catch him doing it again! … New idioms dictionary
beat the daylights out of — beat/knock the (living) daylights out of (someone) to hit someone very hard many times. I ll knock the living daylights out of him if I catch him doing it again! … New idioms dictionary
