Bat a thousand (wiktionary) Verb (baseball, idiomatic) To reach first base on every at-bat. (idiomatic) To achieve success at each attempt. He's batting a thousand so far with the new boss. (idiomatic) To achieve perfection. No one can bat a thousand for the whole season. Synonyms bat one thousand two for two (It's from baseball jargon. You got two hits in two at-bats. You've had two opportunities, and succeeded both times. In baseball, you could be one-for-one, three-for-five, and so on. One could also "pull an oafer" (that is, go oh-for-whatever in a game.)) (dictionary.com) 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. |