- batting a thousand
- Batting a thousand(USA) (from baseball) It means to do something perfectly.
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be batting a thousand — American to do something extremely well and better than you had hoped to do it. Gloria felt she was batting a thousand. She d got everything she asked for when she saw her boss … New idioms dictionary
batting average — noun Date: 1867 1. a ratio (as a rate per thousand) of base hits to official times at bat for a baseball player 2. a record of achievement or accomplishment … New Collegiate Dictionary
bat a thousand — see ↑bat, 2 • • • Main Entry: ↑thousand * * * bat a ˈthousand idiom (NAmE, informal) to be very successful … Useful english dictionary
bat a thousand — verb a) To reach first base on every at bat. Hes batting a thousand so far with the new boss. b) To achieve success at each attempt. No one can bat a thousand for the whole season. Syn: bat one thousand, two for two … Wiktionary
bat a thousand — hit every time at bat, win every competition I ve had two interviews and two offers. I m batting a thousand! … English idioms
English language idioms derived from baseball — B = * ballpark: in the ballpark, ballpark figure, and out of the ballpark mdash; Ballpark has been used to mean a broad area of approximation or similarity, or a range within which comparison is possible; this usage OED dates to 1960. Another… … Wikipedia
bat — bat1 S3 [bæt] n [Sense: 1,5 7; Date: 1500 1600; Origin: back bat (14 16 centuries), probably from a Scandinavian language.] [Sense: 2 4; Origin: Old English batt] 1.) a small animal like a mouse with wings that flies around at night →↑fruit bat … Dictionary of contemporary English
bat — 1 noun (C) 1 ANIMAL a small animal like a mouse that flies around at night see also: fruit bat 2 SPORT a) a long wooden stick with a special shape that is used in some sports and games: a baseball bat b) BrE a round flat piece of wood with a… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Tarot — The tarot (also known as tarocchi, tarock or similar names) is typically a set of seventy eight cards, comprised of twenty one trump cards, one Fool, and four suits of fourteen cards each ten pip and four face cards (one more face card per suit… … Wikipedia
Nashi (youth movement) — Youth Democratic Anti Fascist Movement Ours! Nashi logo Flag of Nashi Formation … Wikipedia
