batten down the hatchesとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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batten down the hatches (third-person singular simple present battens down the hatches, present participle battening down the hatches, simple past and past participle battened down the hatches)

1. (idiomatic) To prepare for trouble.

   It's time to batten down the hatches and prepare for the coming challenge.

使用する際の注意点

• Other determiners (eg, these, those, all the) and modifiers (eg, virtual, financial) can modify hatches.

参考

• kitty bar the door

Further reading

• “batten down the hatches”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “batten down the hatches, phrase”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “batten down the hatches”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “batten down the hatches”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “batten down the hatches”, in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025