beat the living daylights out of

Cruz told AP that while he and Trump “beat the living daylights” out of each other in the 2016 race — when Trump savaged the senator’s wife and family with verbal assaults — he made his way to Trump Tower afterward, becoming Trump’s “strongest” Senate ally.

Be prepared to watch children savagely beat the living daylights out of each other on multiple occasions.

“They beat the living daylights out of him, Roland. For a while there, we weren’t sure he’d even make it, but he’s holding his own.”

For me, the pleasures of watching a woman beat the living daylights out of a series of men are short-lived when there is little emotion behind the combat.

“That is going to be a hanging curveball for Democrats. They will beat the living daylights out of Republicans.”