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Từ điển Việt Anh (Vietnamese English Dictionary)

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		(đánh nhừ tử) to knock somebody into a cocked hat; to knock/beat the (living) daylights out of somebody; to beat somebody black and blue; to make mincemeat of somebody

Half-dead within an inch of one's life
Đánh nhừ tử To flog someone within an inch of his life