go to bat for

釋義

1. 牛津電影裡 100%

   幫助（或支援）某人

   to give sb help and support

   I'll go to bat for him anytime.

電影裡這樣說 · 3 部

• We went to bat for you. Now you won't play ball with us.The Apartment1960
• They went to bat for me.Front of the Class2008
• I'll go to bat for him anytime.Saboteur1942
• And l want you to know that tomorrow, the city of New York is going to go to bat for you.The Taking of Pelham 1232009
• Or are they gonna go all Norman Bates?Come from Away2021
• Nervous, gangly, barely able to hold the pine, Little advances to the box. He's going to bat from the right.Chicken Little2005
• He traced her there and called us to say he was going to question Mrs Bates.Psycho1960
• - Come on. Give me one little peek, we'll go to the batting cages. - No.Good Will Hunting1997

在完整場景裡學

• 桃色公寓1960
  • 打電話幫上司換公寓：throw a monkey wrench（打亂計劃）
  • 上司拿票換鑰匙：out of hand（失控）
  • 散場後大廳聊到檔案：go to waste（白白浪費掉）
• 叫我第一名2008
  • 求職面試爭取一個機會：elephant in the room（避而不談的事）
  • 怪叫抽搐惹毛全家：drive someone nuts（把某人逼瘋）
  • 童年抽動被誤解：at the end of one's rope（走投無路）
• 遠道而來2021
  • 咖啡館裡傳來緊急命令：a lay of the land（摸清情況）
  • 客機迫降甘德小鎮：shaking like a leaf（抖得像片葉子）
  • 小鎮宣佈緊急狀態：a state of emergency（緊急狀態）

同一詞條的短語

• like a bat out of hell
• off your own bat
• blind as a bat
• right off the bat
• bat your eyes
• bat a thousand
• not bat an eyelid
• bat around