| 词汇 | bat out of hell |
| 词源 | bat out of hell. Since bats are nocturnal creatures that loathe the light, the hellfires of the infernal regions would inspire them to flap like hell to get out of there. That may be the idea behind the expression to move like a bat out of hell, extremely fast, which Partridge traces to 1908 and which probably goes back to the late 19th century. It was also slang used by R.A.F. pi- lots since World War I for “to fly extremely fast.” |
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