bat one thousand



bat one thousand

Have a perfect record, as in In meeting deadlines, she's batting one thousand. The term comes from baseball statistics, where it signifies getting a hit for every turn at bat. It was transferred to other activities in the 1920s.
See also: bat, one, thousand

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
EbbeEB-be (Swedish), E-bə (German)Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, German (Rare)
Rainey['reini:]
Zahir-Arabic, Bengali, Punjabi
Kreindel-Yiddish
Yvonne[i'vɔn]
Liron-Hebrew