like a bat out of hell

Very quickly or abruptly. His tires squealed as he drove out of the parking lot like a bat out of hell.See also: bat, hell, like, of, out

like a bat out of hell

Inf. very fast or sudden. (Use caution with hell.) The cat took off like a bat out of hell. The car pulled away from the curb like a bat out of hell.See also: bat, hell, like, of, out

like a bat out of hell

Moving extremely fast, as in She ran down the street like a bat out of hell. This expression presumably alludes to the rapid darting movement of bats and, Charles Earle Funk theorized, their avoidance of such light as might be cast by the fires of hell. [c. 1900] For a synonym, see like greased lightning. See also: bat, hell, like, of, out

like a bat out of hell

INFORMALIf you go somewhere like a bat out of hell, you go there very quickly. She tore across the highway like a bat out of hell. I nearly ploughed right into her. Note: In this expression, `bat' is used to refer to a small, flying mammal. Bats are often associated with the devil, probably because they usually fly at night. See also: bat, hell, like, of, out

like a bat out of hell

very fast and wildly. informal 1995 Patrick McCabe The Dead School Like a bat out of hell that Joe Buck gets on out of the apartment and doesn't stop running till he reaches Times Square. See also: bat, hell, like, of, out

like a ˌbat out of ˈhell

(informal) very fast: If there were a fire, I wouldn’t try to save any possessions. I’d be off like a bat out of hell!See also: bat, hell, like, of, out

like a bat out of hell

mod. very fast or sudden. (Use caution with hell.) The cat took off like a bat out of hell. See also: bat, hell, like, of, out

like a bat out of hell

Moving very fast indeed. This expression arose in the Air Force during World War I, originally likening the flight of fighter planes to that of the only surviving flying mammal. It soon was extended to any fast movement. A synonym with a similar combative origin is like a shot, dating from the late 1800s and alluding to the rapidity of a gunshot. See also: bat, hell, like, of, out

单词	like a bat out of hell
释义	like a bat out of hell like a bat out of hell Very quickly or abruptly. His tires squealed as he drove out of the parking lot like a bat out of hell.See also: bat, hell, like, of, out like a bat out of hell Inf. very fast or sudden. (Use caution with hell.) The cat took off like a bat out of hell. The car pulled away from the curb like a bat out of hell.See also: bat, hell, like, of, out like a bat out of hell Moving extremely fast, as in She ran down the street like a bat out of hell. This expression presumably alludes to the rapid darting movement of bats and, Charles Earle Funk theorized, their avoidance of such light as might be cast by the fires of hell. [c. 1900] For a synonym, see like greased lightning. See also: bat, hell, like, of, out like a bat out of hell INFORMALIf you go somewhere like a bat out of hell, you go there very quickly. She tore across the highway like a bat out of hell. I nearly ploughed right into her. Note: In this expression, `bat' is used to refer to a small, flying mammal. Bats are often associated with the devil, probably because they usually fly at night. See also: bat, hell, like, of, out like a bat out of hell very fast and wildly. informal 1995 Patrick McCabe The Dead School Like a bat out of hell that Joe Buck gets on out of the apartment and doesn't stop running till he reaches Times Square. See also: bat, hell, like, of, out like a ˌbat out of ˈhell (informal) very fast: If there were a fire, I wouldn’t try to save any possessions. I’d be off like a bat out of hell!See also: bat, hell, like, of, out like a bat out of hell mod. very fast or sudden. (Use caution with hell.) The cat took off like a bat out of hell. See also: bat, hell, like, of, out like a bat out of hell Moving very fast indeed. This expression arose in the Air Force during World War I, originally likening the flight of fighter planes to that of the only surviving flying mammal. It soon was extended to any fast movement. A synonym with a similar combative origin is like a shot, dating from the late 1800s and alluding to the rapidity of a gunshot. See also: bat, hell, like, of, out
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