Right out of the bat
Posted: March 5, 2020 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Cal Perry, humor, language, malaphor, off the bat, out of the gate Leave a commentMSNBC reporter Cal Perry was questioning Andrew Yang about the Trump budget, and said, “What are your thoughts right out of the bat?” This is a mashup of “right off the bat” (immediately) and “out of the gate” (from the start). “Off the top of (one’s) head” (initial thought or reaction) might also be in the mix given the context. A big thanks to Frnak King who heard this one and sent it in.
Right from the bat
Posted: May 23, 2013 Filed under: bat, THINGS | Tags: bat, blended idioms, expressions, humor, language, malaphors, mixed idioms, off the bat, right from the start, words Leave a comment
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This congruent conflation mixes up “right from the start” and “right off the bat”, both meaning to do something immediately. A big thanks to Jake Holdcroft who heard this one spoken by a sportscaster during a Pittsburgh Penguins game intermission. See a similar malaphor – “right out of the bat” , posted October 27, 2012.
Right out of the bat
Posted: October 27, 2012 Filed under: ACTION, THINGS | Tags: baseball, blended idioms, expressions, malaphors, mixed idioms, off the bat, out of the box, words 2 CommentsThis is a mixture of “right out of the box” and “right off the bat”, both baseball metaphors and both meaning “first thing.” Thanks to John C. for passing this one along!
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