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Idiom 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.
idiombe batting a thousand AmEAmEto be extremely successful:"How's college going this term?" "Great - so far I have straight A's, so I'm batting a thousand.""I hear Todd's business is really doing well." "Yeah, sales are good - he's batting a thousand."NoteIn the game of baseball, if you bat a thousand you are successful every time you try to hit the ball. This happens very rarely.
be batting a thousand1. In baseball, to get a hit every time one is at bat (resulting in a batting average of 1.000). The slugger is still batting a thousand after a record eight at-bats. 2. By extension, to be successful in an endeavor or in multiple areas of one's life. I'm really batting a thousand this week—I got an A on my exam, I got the lead in the school play, and I won the poetry contest! |