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English translation: giving each other a good trashing

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08:48 Jul 4, 2011

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Italian term or phrase: darsele di santa ragione

it's a story for kids, a game that simulates two gangs that "se le danno di santa ragione"; what's a less vulgar way to say "kick the crap out of..."?

Thanks!

Alessandro Drenaggi KudoZ activity Questions: 42 (none open) (10 closed without grading) Answers: 137 Italy
Local time: 12:06

English translation:giving each other a good trashing

Explanation:
See "ragione" in wordreference.com

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Carmelo Arcidiacono
United States
Local time: 06:06

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thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +2

lay into each other

Anne Jackson

5 +1

giving each other a good trashing

Carmelo Arcidiacono

to let fly a hail of blows

Maria Panizzi

beat the living daylights out of...

Heloise Harrap

Discussion entries: 1

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10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

lay into each other

Explanation:
could be a more 'child friendly' alternative?

www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/lay_2
lay into somebody/something
phrasal verb
to attack or criticize someone or something:
] Outside the club, two men were laying into each other.

Reference: http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/lay_2

Anne Jackson
Local time: 12:06
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

giving each other a good trashing

Explanation:
See "ragione" in wordreference.com

Carmelo Arcidiacono
United States
Local time: 06:06
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Italian,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

thanks!

8 hrs confidence:

to let fly a hail of blows

Explanation:
Darsele da orbi

Maria Panizzi
Italy
Local time: 12:06
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Italian

2 days4 hrs confidence:

beat the living daylights out of...

Explanation:
You can have "beat/knock/kick" the living daylights out of each other.

Apparently the phrase came back into fashion when the James Bond film "Living Daylights" came out!

Example sentence(s):

She's the only reason Kiki and I didn't beat the living daylights out of him.
The players don't wear helmets or padding; they just beat the living daylights out of each other and then go for a beer.

Reference: http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=82977
Reference: http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2011/4/26/39347/Mourn...

Heloise Harrap
United Kingdom
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

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