Which of them are common? I'm looking for common expressions which mean "to beat somebody nearly to death". I've found these ones, but I 'm not quite sure whether they are common. to beat smb. with

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Which of them are common? I'm looking for common expressions which mean "to beat somebody nearly to death". I've found these ones, but I 'm not quite sure whether they are common. to beat smb. within an inch of his life to beat the daylights out of smb. to beat /to kick, to knock/ Jesus out of smb. to beat smb. back and belly to beat smb. to a pulp to beat smb. to a fare-the-well

Jul 31, 2014 3:58 PM

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The expression is "fare-thee-well", not "fare-the-well". Personally, I have never head "back and belly". I have heard, "beat (someone) until (he's) black and blue." As someone else said, there are also a number of vulgar expressions which mean to beat (someone) severely. One of them is "to beat the crap out of (someone)". Other, even more vulgar words can be substituted for "crap".

July 31, 2014

I agree with the above comments. Though I want to add that I have never heard "kick the Jesus" but people in America often say "kick the bejesus out of someone."

July 31, 2014

I have never heard "back and belly" or "knock the Jesus", but the others are common. Knock/beat/kick the stuffing out of sb Knock/beat/kick sb into Kingdom come Knock/beat/kick the tar out of sb Beat sb six ways from Sunday There are lots of profanity laced versions, too!

July 31, 2014