batte Idiom

battered

very intoxicated by drink or drugs

batten down the hatches

Idiom(s): batten down the hatches

Theme: PREPARATION

to prepare for difficult times. (A nautical expression, meaning, literally, to seal the hatches against the arrival of a storm.)
• Here comes that contentious Mrs. Jones. Batten down the hatches!
• Batten down the hatches, Congress is in session again.

assault and battery

Idiom(s): assault and battery

Theme: ATTACK

a violent attack [upon someone] followed by a beating. (A criminal charge. Fixed order.)
• Max was charged with two counts of assault and battery.
• Dave does not go out at night because he does not want to be a victim of assault and battery.

Recharge your batteries

If you recharge your batteries, you do something to regain your energy after working hard for a long time.

batten

batten
batten down the hatches
to fasten canvas over the hatches, esp. in preparing for a storm

battery

battery
1.
in battery
in firing position after recovery from the recoil of a previous discharge: said of a heavy gun
2.
the Battery
a park in New York City, at the S tip of Manhattan: 21 acres