Significato: battenbat·ten || 'bætnn. traversina di legno, assicellav. ingrassare, prosperare sul conto d'altri
batten Idioma
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.
batten
batten batten down the hatches to fasten canvas over the hatches, esp. in preparing for a storm
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Dizionario di parole simili, diverso tenore, sinonimi, di invocazione per Idioma batten