Beat the tar out of you

Posted by ESC on June 20, 2010 at 14:06

In Reply to: Beat the tar out of you posted by Dave LaBounty on June 20, 2010 at 12:35:

: Where did the phrase "To beat the tar out of you" come from?

Previous discussion: One person said tar = stuffing. So it is another way of saying beat the stuffing/insides out of someone. Another thought since tar (What the tar!) = eternal damnation. Beating the evil out and the good in. www.phrases.org.uk bulletin_board 9 messages 814.html I think "beating the tar out of someone" is a "cleaned up" version of "beating the sh*t out of someone."

• Beat the tar out of you Victoria S Dennis 20/June/10