What Are the “living daylights”?
In the turn of phrase “scared the living daylights out of me” what does “living daylights” really mean? Where did this particular idiom originate?
What do you think of this quote from A.J. McKnight?
According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the “living daylights” was once slang for “the eyes”. By extension, this was brought to mean “the senses”.
Is it true “scared the living daylights out of me” means “scared the senses out
of me”? So what are some examples?
