Baton Phrases

Phrases

• A nod is as good as a wink to a blind bat (A line from Monty Python's Flying Circus)
• As blind as a bat
• Bat Masterson (Nickname of American western character William Barclay Masterson)
• Bat Out Of Hell (Meatloaf song)
• Bat from the pavilion end (slang term for a homosexual)
• Bat the breeze
• Bat the idea around
• Bat your eyes
• Carrying his bat
• Chemical cosh
• Eye of newt and toe of frog, wool of bat and tongue of dog
• Keep a straight bat
• Like a bat out of hell
• Off you own bat
• Pass the baton
• Pat the Bat (Nickname of Pat Burrell)
• Right off the bat (A baseball expression meaning immediately without delay)
• The sound of leather on willow (sound of the ball on the bat in cricket)
• Under the cosh