daylights

noun

1. (form-of, plural, plural-only)plural of daylight
2. (plural, plural-only, slang)A person's eyes (mostly as a target in fighting).

   “Jason only hit him once, but he really darkened his daylights.”

3. (colloquial, plural, plural-only)Mental soundness; wits; consciousness.

   “It scared the daylights out of us!”

   “They beat the living daylights out of us.”