hitt Idiom, Proverb

a clutch hitter (baseball)

a batter who hits when runners are on base Joe's a clutch hitter. He's batting .431 with runners on base.

clutch hitter (baseball)

(See a clutch hitter)

pinch hitter (baseball)

substitute batter, extra batter Gomez is the best pinch hitter on the team. His average is .372.

shitting bricks

very frightened, scared to death When my parachute didn't open, I was shitting bricks!

shitty

bad behavior, awful, crappy He borrowed your car and took your girl? That's pretty shitty.

bullshitter

an egocentric boaster, a teller of untruths

switch hitter

a homosexual:"He's definitely a switch hitter"

hitting on all cylinders

Idiom(s): firing on all cylinders AND hitting on all cylinders

Theme: SPEED

working at full strength; making every possible effort. (From an internal combustion engine.)
• The team is firing on all cylinders under the new coach.
• The factory is hitting on all cylinders to finish the orders on time.

Big hitter

A big hitter is someone who commands a lot of respect and is very important in their field.

hard-hitting|hard|hit|hitting

adj. Working hard to get things done; strong and active; stubbornly eager. The boys put on a hard-hitting drive to raise money for uniforms for the football team. He is a hard-hitting and successful football coach.

pinch-hitter|hit|hitter|pinch|pinch-hit

n. Jones was hit by a pitched ball and Smith came in as a pinch-hitter. When our teacher was sick, Mrs. Harris was called as a pinch-hitter. -

pinch-hitting|hit|hitting|pinch|pinch-hit

adj. or n. Pinch-hitting for another teacher is a hard job.

heavy hitter

heavy hitter
An important or influential individual or organization. For example, This publishing house is one of the heavy hitters in the textbook industry. This expression originated in sports such as boxing, where it literally meant “hitting hard,” and was transferred to other enterprises in the mid-1900s.

pinch hitter

pinch hitter
A substitute for another person, especially in an emergency. For example, Pat expected her mother to help with the baby, but just in case, she lined up her mother-in-law as pinch hitter. This expression comes from baseball, where it is used for a player substituting for another at bat at a critical point or in a tight situation (called a pinch since the late 1400s). [Late 1800s]

More Idioms/Phrases

pin back one's ears pin on pin one's heart on pin one's hopes on pin someone's ears back pinch hitter pink pipe piper

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