off (one's) own bat Idiom, Proverb

bat a thousand

hit every time at bat, win every competition I've had two interviews and two offers. I'm batting a thousand!

bat an eye

flinch or blink, show a sign of guilt or shame When they asked him about the crime, he didn't bat an eye. His expression didn't change.

bat an eye/eyelash

show surprise, fear or interest; show one

bat five hundred

hit half the times at bat, win half the competitions If you solve five problems out of ten, you're batting five hundred.

bat her eyes

blink the eyes, blink in a sexy way Verna just stood there batting her eyes, trying to look sexy.

bated breath

(See with bated breath)

bats in the belfry

crazy, eccentric I think that he has bats in the belfry. His ideas are absolutely crazy.

battleaxe

cranky woman, a bitch Marlene - that old battleaxe - is spreading lies about me.

batty

(See drive me batty)

dingbat/ding-dong

strange person, nerd, weirdo That dingbat wanted me to take off my clothes!

off (one's) own bat

Without bidding from another. If you appetite to accomplish added money, you'll accept to booty on new audience off your own bat. Susie didn't delay for her parents to acquaint her to booty out the garbage. She did it off her own bat.Learn more: bat, off, own

off your own bat

BRITISHIf you do article off your own bat, you accept to do it and no one abroad tells you to do it. Whatever she did, she did off her own bat. It was annihilation to do with me. Note: In cricket, players can account runs either by hitting the brawl themselves, or back their accomplice hits it, or back the brawl is not hit at all but goes above the wicket. Learn more: bat, off, own

off your own bat

at your own instigation; spontaneously. British The bat referred to in this byword is a candid bat. 1995 Colin Bateman Cycle of Violence She doesn't accept me accomplishing anything, Marty. It's all off my own bat. Learn more: bat, off, own

ˌoff your own ˈbat

(British English, informal) independently, after the advance or advice of others: Nobody had alike approved to actuate Tim to accord up smoking; he did it off his own bat.Learn more: bat, off, own

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