off your own bat

成語所屬單字bat

off your own bat — 慣用語

1. without anyone asking, suggesting, or helping you — the idea and effort are enti

1.慣用語
釋義

出於自己的主意;自動自發地

without anyone asking, suggesting, or helping you — the idea and effort are entirely yours.

例句

Nikolai raised three hundred dollars for the shelter off his own bat.

The intern fixed the broken database off his own bat over the weekend.