I only bat five hundred when I try to cook dinner.
bat five hundred
idiomTo be successful half of the time; to have a success rate of 50%.
Origin
disputed originFrom the practice of reckoning the batting average of a hitter in baseball in thousandths.
My sales pitches are hit or miss, so I usually bat five hundred at work.
Although the young lawyer shows great promise, she currently bats five hundred in the courtroom, winning half her cases.
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a hundred and ten percent
A level of effort beyond what one can usually sustain; great exertion.
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bat a thousand
To achieve success at each attempt.
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bat an eyelid
To react in any slight way; to respond; to care.
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bat for the other team
To be homosexual.
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bat one's eyes
To signal or feign by fluttering one's eyelids, as romantic interest.
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bat the breeze
To chat; to shoot the breeze.
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be a hundred years too early
To be so immature and unprepared as to have no hope of achieving an accomplishment.
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count to five
Synonym of count to ten.