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Like a bat out of hell

Bat就是：蝙蝠。Hell就是：地狱。Like a bat out of hell按字面翻成中文就是：就像一只从地狱里飞出来的蝙蝠。

发明这个说法的人可能是想像一只蝙蝠在扑打着翅膀，竭尽全力地飞，以逃避地狱之火。

Like a bat out of hell现在可以用在各个方面。

下面我们要举的两个例子就能说明问题。第一个例子是一群孩子在打篮球，一不小心把旁边住家的玻璃窗打破了。这房子里的主人说：

例句3: As soon as I heard the glass break, I ran out to try to catch who had done it. But the kid ran away like a bat out of hell, so I'll have to pay for new glass myself.

这个人说：我一听到玻璃打破的声音马上跑了出去，想抓住那打破玻璃的孩子。但是，那孩子像闪电一样地逃跑了，所以我只好自己掏钱来买新的玻璃啦。

刚才举的那个例子是说小孩犯了错误生怕受到惩罚而赶紧逃跑。我们再给大家举一个 like a bat out of hell的例子。这是一个参加过二次世界大战的人在说他死里逃生的情况。

例句4: We were marching on this road to the front when this German fighter plane came over the hill ahead of us like a bat out of hell. We were lucky: he was flying so low and so fast he didn't even see us. And he was gone before we could even turn our heads.