WHALE THE --- OUT OF


Meaning of WHALE THE --- OUT OF in English

{v. phr.}, {informal} To beat hard; give a bad beating to. - Used with several words after "the", as "daylights", "living daylights", "tar". * /The big kid told Charlie that he would beat the daylights out of him if Charlie came in his yard again./

See: BEAT THE --- OUT OF.

Dictionary of English idioms .      Словарь английских идиом.