batty idea
- noun
- /ˈbæti aɪˈdiə/
- Informal
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idea loca
- Some people laughed at his batty idea to build a house in a tree.
Examples
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Despite being a batty idea, her plan actually worked out in the end.
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She came up with another batty idea for a business this morning.
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That's a batty idea!
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She always comes up with batty ideas.
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His batty idea of launching a rocket from his backyard made everyone laugh.
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Many people thought her batty idea of starting a circus in their town was unusual.
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Despite being a batty idea, organizing a midnight dance party brought the whole community together.
Synonyms
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An imaginative idea that is unlikely to be true or useful
An idea that is strange and unlikely to work
An idea that seems crazy or very unusual
A strange, unrealistic idea that seems silly to most people
A very strange thought or plan that seems extreme
A very silly or crazy idea
A foolish idea that probably will not work
A silly, impractical thought or suggestion
Antonyms
How Crazy
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a crazy or eccentric idea' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'batty' (mentally irregular or eccentric) with 'idea' (a suggestion or thought). This is a regular adjective + noun composition with no idiomatic shift, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
Batty idea may come from the image of a bat flying in the roof or around someone's head, a sight people used to connect with someone acting oddly. So a batty idea means an idea that seems 'crazy' or odd.